Body Piercing

Navel piercing
Nipple piercing
Female body piercing
Ear piercing
Eyebrow piercing

Navel Piercing

Navel piercing is a form of body piercing that is more common among women than men. Here, the skin around the navel is pierced and a piece of jewellery inserted. The amount of skin around the navel that can be used for piercing determines how quickly it can heal.

However healing can be retarded or complicated due to irritation in this area and damage caused by tight clothing or the position of the navel in relation to the bend of the waist.

Procedure: First, you need to expose your waist to show the navel to the piercer so that he may begin work. This may include unbuttoning your trousers to give him enough free room to work in. First, he will clean your navel with iodine.

Then, while you remain standing, he will mark the entrance and exit holes for the piercing. Now, he will ask you to lie down and will place a clamp on your navel. He will then align it so that the marks to the entrance and exit holes lie in the middle of the clamp. He will then push the needle through the clamp and then remove the clamp. From the end of the needle, he will push the jewellery in and then cover the piercing with a bandage.

Jewellery: You can choose to wear all kinds of jewellery such as a ring with precious stones or metals or bar jewellery. Most often, they are pierced with a captive bead ring that one wears until the piercing has fully healed.

Risks to navel peercing: If you have a ring inserted in your navel for an indefinite period, it could lead to the risk of getting multiple sclerosis.

Caring for your navel piercing:

• Wash the area well twice a day with anti-bacterial soap either during or after a hot bath. With the hot water, the skin will become soft and any crust developed at the base of your jewellery will be easy to remove.
• Remove the cruse from your jewellery with a soft tissue. Work up a lather in your hands and wipe the jewellery and the piercing with your fingertips without scratching the area. Now, spin the jewellery and make the ball on the jewellery rest on a hole of your piercing and then on the other hole. Do this several times and then rinse off with water.
• Next, use sea salt soaks either in or out of the shower. Take a disposable cup and fill it with eight ounces of water. Add ¼ teaspoon of sea salt to it and stir it until the salt dissolves. Now, upturn the cup and place it over the piercing or swab it with a piece of cotton wool. Begin by doing this for about 10 minutes and continue for about 5-10 minutes. Pat the piercing dry with disposable paper or cotton wool.
• If you are very sensitive to pain, take anti-inflammatory medicines such as ibuprofen.

Each of us is made differently with our responses to pain, allergy and other reactions completely individualistic. Still, proper care and hygiene are of utmost importance when you have a navel piercing, so don’t default on this.