Belly Piercing Information

Belly Button Piercings, properly called Navel Piercings, are one of the most popular types of body piercings in our society. The lobes and cartilage part of the ears are the only locations more popular to pierce than the belly.

If you choose to go through with the piercing, here is what to expect. Upon explaining to the piercer that you want your belly pierced, the piercer will ask to look at your navel. Not everyone can get a navel piercing! In fact, not many people get a true navel piercing, but rather, they get either the top or lower rim of the navel pierced. The piercer will then give you his or her expert opinion on what location of the navel is best for you, and once the two of you agree, you can pick out the jewelry.

Belly jewelry is extremely varied and comes in a multitude of shapes, colors, designs, glow-in-the-dark, sizes, etc. However, for your initial piercing, stainless surgical steel or 24k gold should be used. The gold, understandably, will be expensive; this is why stainless surgical steel is the most common metal used in piercings. Initial jewelry shape is usually either a captive bead or a curved barbell - both of which will be slightly larger than you may have originally thought..........read more