Belly ring help!

Hey girls!

I got my belly button pierced over a year ago. And I’ve had a lot of trouble with it healing. It’s never not gotten crusty around the bottom ball, I currently clean it once a day either with a sea salt solution or antibacterial soap in the shower. And it STILL gets crusty, I’ve tried switching the jewelry to see if I just am sensitive to different metals but nothing has changed.

And when I change the jewelry I have a really hard time, it’s almost like there’s something in the way of the jewelry when I’m trying to put it through and it can sometimes hurt really bad. I’m always gently and go slowly, sometimes I’ll use neosporin to help it slide through more easily. But I’m almost always bleeding after..

And lastly, there seems to be a red bump around the bottom hole. I just noticed it today.. (picture) what is it? And what can I do to get this damn thing to heal?!

My absolute last solution is taking it out. I’m avoiding it at all costs since I’m already this far into having it.