Can salt water help a navel piercing?

Answer 1

I just got my piercing two days ago. Its not infected or anything (yet) and my public pool just replaced the chlorine system with a salt(ish)-water one. They say its naturally disinfecting and clean. So cince I have to clean my navel with salt water, wouldn't it be ok to swim in salt-water?

Answer 2

Iodized Natural Sea Salt, NOT table salt. Use a small cup such as a shot glass, fill it 1/4 of the natural sea salt and the rest with fresh water. Lay down and hold the shot glass over the piercing for as long as you wish. (15 minutes) I reccommend .

Answer 3

Yes you can go in the pool so long as it is a municipal or city pool where the water is tested daily. Once you are done swimming give your navel piercing a good wash and a rinse and everything should be fine. Side Note: Buddies hot tub next door may not be a wise idea, most people don't know how to properly treat hot tubs and more often as not the tubs are dangerously contaminated, stick to municipal facilities.

Answer 4

Absolutely no your nipples will fall off. No....... They wont fall off, but be sure after you have enjoyed your pool time you rinse the piercings under running water and give them a bit of a cleaning just to keep the piercing health and happy. Enjoy your swim!

Answer 5

Sure. Salt water is slightly antiseptic anyway.

But if the piercing is new be careful to clean thoroughly when you get out (lots of things survive and like to live in salt water, not all of them do you want living in your belly button!).

Answer 6

There is all sorts of fluff about when you can go into a pool with a new piercing, bottom line you need to use common sense and be sure if you go swimming it's in municipal pools or facilities that are properly maintained. I tell my clients they can go swimming the next day in the city facilities, but they need to wash the piercing thoroughly once they are done.

Answer 7

Yes, you can go swimming but wait 6-8 weeks before you go swimming in chlorine because it will irritate the skin around the piercing. But you can go swimming in the ocean or lake right away.