Titanium Belly Ring?
I got my belly peirecd about 3 mounths ago and I really want to change the hoop
to a curved barbell but the peircer said i should wait 6 months. Is that
nessarey?
it really depends on what's best for you. three months into the
healing of my uh...*navel* piercing, i still had a lot of
swelling and tenderness. so i did what had to be done, and
inserted a 12 ga CBR. actually, inserted isn't the correct
word. *forced* would be more accurate. my navel healed within a
month. that's right! my navel healed in four months, not the
9-12 months that i was told it would take.
like i said, it depends on what's best for your body; i am not
recommending that you do this.
If the ring is loose in the skin, then the time would be right to change to
a curved barbell. The curved barbell is harder to clean, but it feels better
under clothes. Don't make the mistake I did. About a year after my piercing,
I took the niobium bead ring out and put in a surgical stainless steel
curved barbell. The piercing started to get sore again and felt painful
sometimes. I put the niobium ring back in and in a few days it felt much
better. The problem was an allergy to the nickel in the stainless steel! By
all means, get a niobium or titanium curved barbell. I agree with most of
what D.. said, also.
Go see your piercer. Why do you want to change it? Is it because you think it
looks cooler, or you think it'll fit better? When I had mine done (with a CBR),
it stuck out *a lot* (my navel is quite shallow), and so I went to my piercer
after 3 months and we both agreed a CBB would fit much better. I got it changed
and it felt much much better.
it shouldnt really matter i changed mine after a couple of months but
i suppose if the peircing is sore or infected then you should leave it
a while longer.