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Will salt water soaks remove hyperpigmentation around my belly piercing? i have had my belly pierced for about 6 weeks now and i think its starting to turn a darker color around it?
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Leave it alone. Inflammation from the trauma of piercing causing increase in pigmentation is normal. Let it be, It will fade, though it may take longer than you may wish it to. Have a healthy diet, exercise 30 minutes/day, drink plenty of water daily so your urine is mostly colorless, have safe sex, no tobacco alcohol weed or street drugs. For nutrition: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/.
Answered 3/14/2021
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