How to clean belly button piercing help??

Question

So I just got my piercing done today and I've been reading online everywhere you have to clean it with salt and water or something. But where I got it done the guy who did it never told me that so he just gave me a paper and antiobitic cream to clean it 2 times a day but never said anything about salt. Do I have to use salt or just follow what the instructions say?

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I use salt water rinse and just hold a cup over my belly button and shake it a little for a few minutes. Anytime it'd get really aggravated I'd pour peroxide all over it and keep a pool of it in my belly button until it quit bubbling, but this can dry the skin so you don't want to do it often especially while it's new.

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Dissolve sea salt in warm water and use that a few times a day. You can also dilute tea tree oil after a few days to help it heal. My cousin's a professional piercer and that's what he had me do for all my piercings & I've never had complications with any. :)

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Honestly best bet is antibacterial soap and water. Wash it twice daily and leave it alone and let it heal. Ive had mine for almost 8 years now.

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Get bactine spray in the pharmacy department. So much easier than salt water.

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Sea salt and warm water, or dial unscented soap and warm water!

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They sell the salt water mixture at the piercing places usually. It's called like h2ocean I think you can get it online too. Don't use antibiotic oitment, it needs to breathe to heal and that will just seal in everything.

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My husbands a professional piercer, don't ever use peroxide, its so bad for new piercings. You can buy sea salt water or use non scented anti bacterial soap on a qtip then of course rinse it off with hot water. Don't use rubbing alcohol either.

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I never used salt. & ive had mine done 7 years.

I didn't play with it & I cleaned it with anti-bacterial soap. & I didn't swap out my ring for maybe 2 months. Never had any infections or issue

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My best friend use a 60/40 mix of peroxide and saline.

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You don't use regular salt. You use a combination of sea salt and water. You can find the recipe online. :) I don't suggest using cream. I was told that it can shut off air flow and cause infections, but that's just me. Wash it twice a day with antibacterial soap and soak it in the sea salt mixture.

How to clean belly button piercing help??

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