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Migration is when your belly button jewelry is slowing pushed closer toward the surface of your skin. Some migration is normal and isn’t a reason to panic. Though, you should still have it checked out by your piercer to see if it’s concerning or normal.
Here are a few tips for dealing with piercing migration and rejection:
- Take out the jewelry if you see it migrating toward the surface.
- Try a new piece of jewelry in a different size, gauge, shape, or material.
- Speak with a qualified piercer for advice.
- Opt for a nonirritating plastic ring or bar.
Pain and swelling right after a piercing are common. It is important to monitor how symptoms change. If symptoms, such as pain, steadily improve, the piercing is probably healing normally. If a person suddenly experiences new symptoms, especially after a period of few or no symptoms, this can signal an infection.
What causes navel piercing migration?
“If your piercing is placed too superficially, or is under too much pressure, or just heals poorly, your immune system will reject the material and the prolonged inflammation will push the piercing and result in migration.
How do you know if your belly button piercing is migrating?
Signs that a piercing is migrating and possibly being rejected include:
- more of the jewelry becoming visible on the outside of the piercing.
- the piercing remaining sore, red, irritated, or dry after the first few days.
- the jewelry becoming visible under the skin.
- the piercing hole appearing to be getting larger.
Can a healed piercing migrate?
A piercing can be completely healed for many years and if your body decides it’s time or the piercing to go than it will begin the process of migrating it out of the body. Even a well-established and healed piercing can reject.