Belly Button Piercings
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Navel Ring
One of the most popular piercings in today's youth and young adult population- is the navel piercing, also known as the belly button piercing.
The standard navel piercing is through the upper ridge of the navel. Sometimes the navel piercing is through the lower ridge or the left and right ridges of the navel.
Although, history portrays variously decorated belly buttons and stomachs, there is no direct history related to the navel piercing. Today, it is solely a decorative piercing, mostly in the female population.
The body is prone to reject a navel piercing, but with proper care and healing methods, one could successfully heal a belly button piercing.
Many people see the navel piercing as a type of surface piercing, but it is not. Navel piercings are pierced on a curve, versus a flat plane. They are much easier to heal than surface piercings, and they are less likely to reject. Now, that does not mean that your body will not reject a navel piercing, but they are less likely to in comparison to a surface piercing.
And, on that note, many people will get reverse navel piercings which is nothing more than a horizontal piercing, usually below the navel. This is a surface piercing, and will be much harder to heal than the average belly button piercing.
Belly Button Rings
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14G UV TONGUE NAVEL BELLY BUTTON RING LOT OF 40 PIECES
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LOT 14g Belly Rings Navel Button Bar Body Piercing AA91
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Black Tribal White Top Down Navel Belly Button Ring TR4
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14g Dolphins Belly Button Navel Rings Bars Piercing E6
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Healing Belly Button Piercings
The navel piercing is relatively simple to heal. In some cases, depending on how a person sleeps, it can be a harder case to deal with.
It is preferable that one sleeps on his/her back while healing a navel piercing.
You should clean it once or twice a day with saline, or a sea salt solution. Put enough saline in a small, disposable cup so that when you lay down, the piercing will be fully covered. Let the piercing soak for 10 to 15 minutes before removing the cup.
In the shower, you can clean the jewelry and the area around the piercing with a mild soap. Gently push the jewelry through the piercing, cleaning the piercing with the soap. Make sure to get all the soap from around the piercing. Leaving soap in a wound, as a piercing is essentially a wound, can cause more irritation.
Navel Piercing Placement
Upper: The upper navel piercing, is the standard piercing, in which the jewelry is placed through the upper ridge above the belly button.
Lower: The lower ridge, directly below the belly button is pierced. Sometimes piercers will choose not to pierce the upper ridge, for anatomical reasons.
Sides: For decorative purposes, people may choose to have the sides (left and/right) of their belly button pierced. This cannot be performed on all people.
Reverse: The reverse navel piercing is a surface piercing below the belly button. The surface bar is placed horizontal versus the standard vertical piercing.
Belly Button Jewelry
Banana Barbell: The most common jewelry used in a navel piercing. The barbell is a slightly curved barbell with a ball on either side. The banana barbell can come with UV balls, metal, acrylic, logo, and patterns balls, as well as dangly fixtures.
Twister Barbells: Essentially, a twister barbell is a barbell that is twisted. Decorative balls can be placed on this particular barbell as well.
Captive Bead Ring (CBR):Sometimes people will wear CBR's in their navel piercing. This can cause a little pressure on the piercing itself.
Today, there are various forms of the above mentioned jewelry pieces. There are banana barbels with dangly attachments for aesthetic appeal. Some banana barbells can be found with logo balls, as well as glow in the dark balls, and other brightly colored acrylic and metal balls.
Dangly Belly Button Jewelry
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Triple Teardrop Reverse Dangle Belly Button Ring
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New 14G Clear CZ Box Dangle Navel Belly Button Ring
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4 - 14g 3/8 Butterfly Belly Button Rings Navel Dangle
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Clear Heart Dangle Navel Belly Button Ring Body Jewelry
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Logo Belly Button Jewelry
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Girly Skull Logo Belly Button Ring Body Jewelry Navel
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Jesus Logo Belly Button Navel Ring Religious Rings NEW
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Cute Dolphin Picture Logo Belly Button Navel Ring
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Comments
Hey, I was wondering if it would be possible for a new belly button piercing to look crooked because of swelling because I've only had it for a couple days and it didn't look crooked when i first got it. I reeeally don't want to have to take it out and let it heal and have to go back and get it done again.
That;s kinda gross, but I wouldn't recommend letting semen get into a healing piercing.
okay, so i'm getting my bellybutton pierced, and i need to know. what will happen if semen gets on the piercing?
Belly buttons are different from ears and cartlidge (in the nose), so you can't compare them. There will be risk with any piercing of migration and rejection. Proper cleaning will benefit the piercing, but sometimes that's just enough.
Hey. Im soon getting my belly button pierced. Im two months away from being 16. I've had my nose done for almost four years now and i did not have any problems with it and i have also had my ears done twice. Im just wondering if because i had no problems with my nose or my ears, will my belly button still have a chance of rejection ? please let me know.
I did my navel when i was twelve, with a safty pin, and a bottle of rubbing alcohol. After three days, it turned black and purple. And i still have it, six years later.
Knowing the consiquences of getting a peircing wont stop it from future problems. Mine has been well taken care of, and has still rejected over the years, due to my age when i did it.
The belly button shouldn't have caused the rash, unless it's an irritation to the jewelry used. But, if you've never had a problem with that jewelry then that's no what caused the rash.
I would say that you should consult your doctor.
Hi i have my belly button pierced and a bump has appeared on it, i was treating it and it was slowly going away, but i was recently lying out in the sun and a red, sore to touch rash appeared, i didnt no what it was so i put sudocream on it overnight to cool it but that seems to have made it worse and it has been constantly stinging now for a few hours, i dont no what to do cuz im in quite alot of pain and i dont no whether its coming from the rash or my belly button, please help?
It's possible to keep it, but more people who get the piercing while still growing, will HAVE to have it repierced do to rejection or migration. That can't be cured or prevented with aftercare alone. If a piercing is going to migrate or reject it will even with proper care. Although, proper care is the best preventative, a growing body is going to win over.
yes i know, but ive heard alot of people in their 20's and 30's who have had their belly buttons pierced at 12 and still have the same original one!
JessicaEmm, what you dont' understand is that at 12 years old, your body is still growing, and THAT is what is going to cause the rejection, not improper aftercare.
just looking at the comments on this hub about 12 year olds wanting their belly buttons pierced..
Im 12 and i have my belly button pierced. I am also quite mature for my age. I dont regret having it done at all, and i only got it done like 6-7 weeks ago.
I think that aslong as i (and other younger people) know the possible conciquences of getting it pierced and our age we will be fine :)
^^ It might get rejected or infected.. but that doesnt mean that they will happen- as long as we know what the conciquences are.
Im my opinion we may as well get them done while we are young- piercings wont last forever :D x
I know that this comment a good a comment, but its to defend us young people from adults who think that we dont know what we are doing, etc, but we are perfectly capable of knowing what we are doing.
Thanks!!x
It's actually not that odd that it isn't red for the first day or so.
Heey. Thanks for answering my question. I got it done yesterday! I'm so happy and excited. Weirdly it hasn't been red or anything. But that's a good thing lol. So yeah, thanks!
You should use a banana barbell for piercing.
hello whitney i had a question. i had a navel piercing many years ago and i was slightly overweight not a lot there was a little fat around my navel where you couldnt really see it, so a year after i had a ring with little ball pierced in it it eventually came out completly and that was 10 years ago. I have a little less weight around my lower abdomen and i want to try getting my navel pierced again. Should i try a navel jewel this time is it more likely to stay in place and be less painful? im losing more weight so i hope that will make it easier to pierce my navel when i sit down you cant really see it .
Becca, it's the same jewelry as a regular navel piercing. You can even use eyebrow barbells.
mimi, you should NEVER remove the jewelry on a piercing that isn't healed fully not even to clean. To clean, you should use a small dixie cup of saline and hold it on top of the piercing. The plastic probably irritated the piercing, as you should never use plastic in a healing piercing, either. By changing the barbell so much, you're causing more irritation on a piercing that isn't healed.
hi, i'd got the upper ridge of my navel pierced about two months ago, and to be safe had put in a plastic barbel-like pin. while cleaning the crust a week ago, i accidentally unscrewed and lost one end, and unable to immediately get a replacement, had to let the pin remain half-unscrewed for a week until today. today i noticed a little painless bump at the open end, and afraid that the skin was going to swallow the pin, i substituted it with a silver pin with a longer stem. there was slight bleeding, and now there is a soreness there. is it normal after a change or could i be allergic to the metal? there was absolutely no soreness when i had the plastic in. thanks.
Is there a place that sells jewelry specifically for a lower navel piercing? I'm having a hard time finding jewelry that looks good in my piercing.
Thanks for the comment. The more you write, the more you will start to see what people want to read and what will gather their interest to leave comments. Personally, I'm more interested in clicks than the comments on some of my hubs, after 500 comments on one hub, most of the questions are the same because people don't want to read previous comments. I'm also more interested in writing about what I want to write about.
Reading this has opened my eyes in which direction I want my writing to go by the number of comments from outside of hubs. I deff think I am going to change direction and write more sensible hubs. Great read and obviously by the comments great advice, am learning all the time, thanks !
Rachel, 12 is VERY young, and the body is still going through growth and changes, which is why most 12/13 year olds will haveto have it repierced either way.
JessicaEmm, no it's not ok. But, you already did it so there's nothing you can do about it now. You should really. Patience really is a virtue.
i was speaking to you before about my belly bar..
i took it out a couple of hours ago and put a new one in and its looking alot better, because before it was still a bit sore and red
i know i should have waited until it had healed properly but it was quite uncomfortable- is that ok??
jw x
It's really FREAKY how many people were/are 12 getting it done. So ridiculous. I got mine at 16, and I think that's borderline young. But they will get it when they're older...
You should clean a new piercing daily from the day you get it, including the day you get it.
so i just got my bellybutton piercing about 4 hours ago. is it okay to clean a freshly pierced piercing or will that irritate the skin?
Your navel piercing will heal at the same general rate as anyone else, but in all reality it just depends on your healing rate. Remember because you are young, you'll probably see migration as you grow, and will probably have to have the piercing re-pierced. You cannot change the jewelry until it is full healed which can take 4-6 months at minimum.
Hiaa Witney its me again lol!
i just want to say thanks for all the advice you've been able to give me- my belly button looks great and its looking good!
Obviously because im only like 12 my belly butoon will heal a bit faster probably because it heals better when your younger, so what month should i be able to maybe take it out?
Im going to Spain maybe in October so will it be healed by then? I've had it done for about 5-6weeks so i was just wondering.
Thanks!!x
Reece, a surface piercing under the navel will be more expensive than a bottom navel piercing. A belly button piercing is not a surface piercing, and if you're referring to a regular bottom navel piercing, it should be about the same price as a top navel piercing. If you're referring to a surface piercing, it will be substantially more as it is a completely different type of piercing with a MUCH higher rejection rate; you will also have a harder time finding a piercer who is capable of properly doing it. You should never have to purchase your own jewelry for a piercing; the piercer should have it.
Victoria, Healing time wil vary per person it can take up to 6 months at times to properly heal, and it should not be removed until properly healed. The longer you keep it in for after it's been healed, the longer you'll be able to take it out for in order to do practice. But, even still some people can't take out piercings for an hour without it healing up. It will all depend on your body.
Jenniebabie, Pain will dpend on your pain tolerance. Unless when you're on your period you gain 10 pounds, it's not going tob e that big of a difference. The body piercer will know what jewelry you need- stick with a piercer that will use banana barbells.
Hey, I am 14 years old and really want to get my belly button pierced and am really excited, but also nervous. I am quite skinny and am wondering if that should effect the pain or anything else. My sister keeps saying that I should get it the next time I have my period lol because I will be blodded, but I am kind of concerned about that because I don't know if that would be unsafe. Also what type of jewelry should I get when I do get it peirced (like what is the safest and best). I am very mature for my age and I have my moms permission so I know what I am doing and I want to be very safe.
Hi. My name is Victoira. Im 15 gonna be 16 in July. I want to get my navel pierced, but i am going to be a cheerleader next school yr (around AUG. we start practice and stuff.) Today is MAy 16, 2009 and i wanted to get it done soon. Our coaches said that we have to remove all piercings for practices & games. esp. for me because i am a base and when we do stunts, when we do cradle coach said that when the girl comes down then it could rip out the piercing. Do you think that it would be healed enough by then to where i can take it out every day for 2 hours (during practice.)??? There is another girl on the squad that wants to get her navel pierced too (she is a flyer) other people on the team told her that we would have to take it out.. and then she was like im just going to hide it.. we can wear anykind of shirt to practice.. she said that she is gonna use a big shirt. what should i do?
I was wondering if there is a cost difference between lower belly button rings (the surface piercing below the belly button) & the cost of a regular belly button. Also where you could get surface rings at?? I have my tongue pierced and 8 piercings on my ears, but have a fear of getting my belly button pierced, decided to get it done but want the bottom suface piercing.
You can get gold jewelry, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea to have it pierced with gold, as it is a lighter jewelry. You'll wnt to consider steel, as that is the most commonly used jewelry to use for piercings. Ask a body piercer for further metal advice just to make sure though.
hi
so i might get my belly button pierced. but im allergic to sometypes of silver jewelry. do they have gold navel rings that you can get????? thanks =]
That's up to you. I'm also saying in general, if your body couldn't heal one navel ring, it probably can't heal one period, not just that one side. If there wasn't a reason to make it reject then your body may not be able to handle one.
ooh okay, so if i left the top un-pierced and got the bottom, would it look like funny with a peircing on the bottom and a random scar on top? haha.
If you body rejected it the first time, there's a good possibility that it will do so again. You won't necessarily have to take it out if pregnant, but you will have to purchase new jewelry to accomodate the extra skin; although there is still possibility and risk of rejection even still. You will have scars on all four sides, and the initial scar will be noticeable, but will vary person to person.
heey, so i had my bellybutton peirced but my body rejected it so, i'm getting it again, but i want the quad done, what i'm scared of is that saay, if i get pregnant and have to take it out i'll have scars on all 4 sides and it'll be mass ugly, will it ? and if i were to get my first one with more skin will the ugly little scar from the old one be noticable or look bad?
Confused, it's body growth, significant weight gain or loss, improper piercing technique (too deep, too shallow, how straight/crooked), improper cleaning, and your body's ability to heal. Remember a piercing is a foreign object in the skin, and it's the body's natural response to push it out. Over time, most navel piercings have to be re-pierced anyway.
Hello im bak...
so i got my belly done n iv seen that sum girls say that der piercind is getting rejected....would that mostly be because of body growth..? iv asked my mum and she said im done growing..?
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Katie, that's up to you. I'm not saying 100% you'll see problems, but it's a risk.
Nicole, Because you got the piercing while still growing, that's what more than likely caused the rejection. You should remove the piercing, let it heal and close, and then consider having it re-pierced. It's best that you wait until you've finished growing, which for females is typically around 16 or so, on average.
Paige, The cost will depend on the tattoo shop that you go, as most tattoo shops have set prices, which will vary. Call around.
hey :).. im getting my bellybutton peirced and i was wondering how much the cost would be around?
So, im 14 years old and i've had my belly pierced for almost a year in june and about a week ago my body started to reject it and the skin holding it got really thin and it bruised and it was just gross, so i took it out like 5 mins ago. Would i be able to get it repierced and if so how long should i wait?
serious so id hav ta diet first r sumtin..?
It may reject.
<i><b>...ok but every ting will be fine it wont push it out r nothing..?x
Whitney05 says:
2 days ago
It could be from the swelling, but generally they don't swell that much. Just keep cleaning it and see what happens later on. The piercer may have pierced it crooked.