When belly pierced can you use rubbing alcohol to clean it?

Answer 1

no,you don't.

you use sea salt with warm water.

• First Two Weeks: Wash the piercing every day, once in the morning and once before bedtime. Use only antibacterial soap, like Dial, and make sure you have a clean washcloth each time. Wash your hands thoroughly with the soap, then rub a good lathering of soap onto your fingertips, and thoroughly clean your piercing. Get the sudsy stuff into your actual belly button; clean the ring itself; clean the skin around the piercing. Last but not least, get the ring nice and sudsy, then spin it thru the piercing to get the soap down into the wound itself. Don't worry, it wont sting. Not even a little bit.

  Time to wash it off. With luke-warm water, lean over the sink and cup the water onto your piercing. Be sure to spin the ring again so you rinse out the wound. PAT it dry, and make sure you've got any excess water out from inside your belly button. Now that you've got everything clean and dry, don't twirl or mess with the ring anymore. Total time? Five minutes or less. And yes, this can be done in the shower.

• 5

  Weeks Three thru Final Healing: Now comes the tedious part. You can drop the washings down to just once a day, like during your shower or before bedtime. Just make sure you do it at least every other day. Remember that this will last for at least a couple, if not several months. If you keep a daily routine and don't mess with the piercing, you shouldn't get any infections. Just keep the routine, and it should heal fine.

• 6

  That Extra Step: A lot of piercing artists recommend the shot glass method. If you get bad crusties, or have a minor infection, the shot glass method will help get rid of the bacteria, and set your healing back on the right track. If you've got extra time, I highly recommend using this method every day in place of one of your cleanings as a preventative measure.

  Take a shot glass and pour about half a teaspoon of table or sea salt into the bottom. Add hot water to dissolve the salt, and stir to ensure proper disbursement of the solution. While the mixture is cooling off (to luke-warm) grab a pillow and a clean wash cloth, and arrange them on the surface of your choice.

  Once the solution is ready, take the shot glass, and leaning over at the waist, line up the bottom rim of the glass just underneath your belly button. Quickly place the rest of the shot glass over the piercing, surrounding it. If you remain leaning over during this process, you wont have any spillage, and it will suction to your tummy.

  At this point you can stand up, and go lay down on your back. Wait five or ten minutes allowing the solution to soak into the wound. Once your time's up, stand up, and reverse the process. Lean over, remove the shot glass by pulling away from the top of the piercing first, and empty the glass into the sink.

  Check your piercing for any oozing of pus or fluid. If there is any, squeeze as much out as you can, and wipe it clean. Be sure to rinse the salt solution from your piercing, and pat dry.