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How to prevent a belly ring from getting infected or atracting lint?
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Clean: By keeping the area clean and dry. You can use soap and water. Hibiclens is a antibacterial soap.
Answered 8/4/2012
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Follow instructions: 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. This should create a small
Answered 11/1/2015
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