A couple months ago I got my belly button pierced. After about a month it got infected and at the same time I noticed that the piercing was rejecting, even though I put a lot of effort into cleaning it. The infection never went away. This past weekend on Saturday, the piercing was at the stage where I could see about half of the metal bar of the piercing. While it was still infected and in the process of rejection, I had a really bad fall, made a wrong move and I felt the rest of the piercing rip out. Even though I knew I was going to lose the piercing I was going to keep it in until the infection went away so that I didnt get an abscess. Well, the piercing came out and since then (about 5 days ago) Ive been cleaning it and putting Neosporin on it with a band aid. It is not getting better. every time I change the band-aid there is a lot of pus, although the wound seems more or less closed. It is very painful, red, and appears to be a small bubble. I am worried that this is an abscess and I dont know how to get it under control. I dont want it to get to the point where I need an operation and I know that if it is left for too long they can even be fatal. Is there anything else I can do to heal it, should I be terribly concerned about my well-being, and do you think that oral antibiotics would help? Please help... Im really worried... Thanks so much.
Hi I did review you concerned it's an abscess then newsprint will not work, and you will need oral antibiotic in form of oxacillin or dicloxaxillin or ampicillin with surgical Chat Doctor. If the metal was dirty I would advise tetanus prophylaxis along with the above suggested treatment. I hope this help swish you all the best Thank you for using Chat Doctor.