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How To Treat Belly Button With Pus After Piercing?
i got my belly button pierced a month ago. it hurt for about 2 weeks and then didnt hurt at all for two weeks and all redness in it stopped. and now it started oozing out this weird clear sticky and smelly pus. and there are little red spots around the piercing and belly button. what should i do?
Fri, 17 Apr 2015
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First of all take the piercing off. Second you have to drain the puss if the size of that button and the amount of puss in it is considerable. This can be done by a doctor or by a nurse. Ideal would be if you do a culture of the puss.
And finally you have to take antibiotics orally like Augmentin twice a day and metronidazole also twice a day. Then the cure may be changed due to results of puss culture.
Take care.
All the best for you!
First of all take the piercing off. Second you have to drain the puss if the size of that button and the amount of puss in it is considerable. This can be done by a doctor or by a nurse. Ideal would be if you do a culture of the puss.
And finally you have to take antibiotics orally like Augmentin twice a day and metronidazole also twice a day. Then the cure may be changed due to results of puss culture.
Take care.
All the best for you!
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