navel piercing

Navel piercing has become one of the trendiest directions in body art. It is less traumatic than other body and facial piercings, such as nose, lip, breast, and genital piercings. Navel piercing became fashionable thanks to supermodel Christy Turlington, who first appeared on the catwalk with a pierced navel during one of the London Fashion Weeks in the late 1980s. Christie’s example was catchy and was followed by Naomi Campbell, who wanted to keep up with her rival and took the podium wearing a similar navel ornament the next day.

Belly Button Piercing Jewelry

Belly button piercing jewelry is typically made from materials such as surgical steel, titanium, silver, and bioplastics. It can be made in different shapes, such as rings, micro bars, etc. It is highly recommended to use a bar immediately after a fresh piercing, which speeds up the healing process. With a bar you go much faster than with a belly button ring. And then you can insert into the pierced hole any other jewelry, including belly button rings.

In most cases, a special type of weights is applied for navel piercing: the banana bar, so named because of its curved shape. There are also some other varieties of belly button piercing jewelry like simple curved bars, rings with ball locks, dangle bars and many others.

Experts do not recommend wearing surgical steel jewelry right after your piercing. Statistics show that only fifteen percent of piercings with these decorations heal without problems. The ideal choice of jewelry for navel piercing in fresh piercings is jewelry made of gold and silver, but it is certainly much more expensive than affordable models made of bioplastics and surgical steel. You can also buy various decorations made of different materials and change them to match your clothes or the way you feel at the moment. It’s as easy as changing your earrings.

Navel piercing: types and aspects of treatment

There are two basic types of belly button piercings: standard and multiple. In the standard type there is only one navel piercing, which is done strictly vertically. The pin is inserted into the hole to keep the upper ball slightly raised above the skin for about half a millimeter. Otherwise, the ornament will put pressure on the navel and may cause a feeling of discomfort.

The multiple navel piercing consists of a series of piercings. In no case should they be performed simultaneously because wound healing can interfere with each other. On top of that, racing to such extremes is fraught with all sorts of complications.

Healing from belly button piercings can take a long time, as the waist is one of the most flexible parts of the body. Constant movement of the waist can damage fresh piercings. In addition, the navel is a place where dirt from the body accumulates, which can cause a variety of infections.

Until the wounds heal, they should be washed daily with antibacterial soap, which contains triclosan. You do not need to remove the belly button ornaments during this procedure. Simply move them up and down to get the solution into the wound. Subsequently, the perforations are rinsed with clean water in the same way. Rinsing the belly button with salt water also speeds up the healing process. The proper solution is prepared by dissolving a teaspoon of salt in a quarter glass of lukewarm boiled water. Lavender oil can also be used for this purpose.