I was getting ready to go to bed when I noticed that the area around my navel was a little sore. I had the piercing done fifteen years ago, wore a stud for a year then nothing since. I first thought it was a bruise because I had been lugging heavy stuff around today. Then pus starting coming out of the top and I realised it was infected. How?! Could it be connected to the menopause? I've had a lot of skin problems since my Elleste was reduced to 1mg from 2.