text: can your belly button rip open? how do you clean it??? first off is it possible for your belly button to open up or is it sealed with no way of opening? also what's the proper way of cleaning it? i use soap and water but i don't know if it's enough. i once put a q-tip a little in and something was on it that looked like a speck of blood, what's that mean? what i recalled when i small...i was told not to touch the belly button...it can cause stomach ache.....  usually when taking shower..just wipe the normal way ....sometimes if there's dirt like...just use a cotton bud with some lotion / ointment & wipe very very slowly just arround the side ...not the middle part ...  if there's speck of blood , do see an internist & have it check....but as long as you find the pain...think should be ok ....