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A member asked:
Do i have to remove the ring before i clean a belly piercing.?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
If this is a new: Piercing - don't remove it. New piercings are usually cleaned twice a day. Do not twist jewelry / post. Saturate gauze w saline solution (pinch of sea salt in warm water, place on piercing ; allow it to gently drip into the piercing. Or you can buy pressurized saline solution at a drug store. An alternate way to clean navel piercings: rapidly turn over a cup of warm saline on to the piercing. >.
Answered 3/27/2014
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