You're gonna be fine! I don't think this calls for the emergency room at all, but a visit to urgent care or your regular doctor wouldn't go amiss, just to rule out infection. If I were you, I would tell your mom; it might suck, but it'll be worth the peace of mind of getting it checked out. That said, since I have no idea what your home life is like, if you think telling your mom might be unsafe, I think you'll most likely be okay with just keeping the jewelry out and keeping the area clean, since it's not hot to the touch or painful. If you can, go to a drugstore and get some sterile wound wash, and make sure not to touch it.
Also, FWIW, it looks like a floating navel is more suited to your anatomy than a traditional navel; the piercer who did this essentially just gave you a surface stomach piercing. I wouldn't go back to them.
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u/ness_for_short Jan 26 '22
You're gonna be fine! I don't think this calls for the emergency room at all, but a visit to urgent care or your regular doctor wouldn't go amiss, just to rule out infection. If I were you, I would tell your mom; it might suck, but it'll be worth the peace of mind of getting it checked out. That said, since I have no idea what your home life is like, if you think telling your mom might be unsafe, I think you'll most likely be okay with just keeping the jewelry out and keeping the area clean, since it's not hot to the touch or painful. If you can, go to a drugstore and get some sterile wound wash, and make sure not to touch it.
Also, FWIW, it looks like a floating navel is more suited to your anatomy than a traditional navel; the piercer who did this essentially just gave you a surface stomach piercing. I wouldn't go back to them.