How Is a Belly Button Yeast Infection Treated? Your healthcare provider might recommend an antifungal cream, ointment, or powder to treat your belly button yeast infection. Some of these products ...

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD If your belly button smells, it's likely a sign of poor hygiene or an infection.

That's right, you can get a yeast infection in your belly button, which can lead to itching and redness, and cause a clear or off-white discharge to leak out, which almost looks like cottage cheese.

That's why it's best to take good care of your piercing to prevent infection in the first place. Here's how to know if your belly button piercing is infected and how to treat it. Symptoms of an ...