I made a post yesterday about having to get an MRI done and i followed everyone’s advice about getting a plastic retainer for my belly ring. the only thing is, my belly ring i believe is infected and i just noticed last night. i didn’t want to just take the piercing out and have it close because i didn’t want the bacteria to get trapped. so i went ahead and took my piercing out and put in the retainer. another thing is i have only had my piercing in for a month. i was able to leave the retainer in for about an hour and then put my real piercing back in with no issue. i made sure to soak my piercing i. alcohol before putting back in to clean it. so my question is, I know i broke some piercing rules by taking the piercing out while just one month, right now it is irritated (it’s been irritated the past two days) but if i continue with sea salt soaks, should i be okay? i wasn’t sure whether to do it two or three times a day? I also developed a bump at the bottom in my actual belly button. will that also go away with sea salt soaks?