Posted on October 26, 2007 in Types of Body Piercing
Navel piercing, also popular as belly button piercing, is a sort of body piercing. It is far more prevalent among women than men. In belly button piercing the skin near the navel is pierced and jewelry is appended.
Based on the quantity of skin obtainable for navel piercing, the time taken for healing may be less without much problem and identical to an ear piercing. Occasionally the healing period may be similar to a surface piercing, with the related rejection risks and prolonged healing time.
Piercing does not affect the actual navel during a navel piercing. The most widespread type of navel piercing is performed through the upper edge of the navel. A genuine navel piercing necessitates the person being pierced to possess an “outie” navel to some extent, and is exceedingly uncommon. The majority types of ring or bar jewelry can be employed in a navel piercing, although they are generally pierced by means of a captive bead ring, which is worn until the piercing has completely healed.
An extensive range of ornamental jewelry is obtainable for navel piercings, frequently consisting of valuable metals or stones. In spite of the potential long time of healing and rejection, this piercing is one of the most widespread and well-liked body piercings at present.
Techniques of navel piercing
The following are various important techniques and procedures of navel piercing
Risks of navel piercing
The following are most common navel piercing risks
Infection: In the absence of adequate care, infection can result in scarring and even blood poisoning.
Allergic Reaction: Some people are allergic to particular metals and only realize this during piercing and have a serious reaction to the jewelry.
Nerve Damage: If a piercing isn’t positioned cautiously, it can penetrate a nerve, detaching it and making the adjoining area devoid of any sensation
Aftercare of navel piercing
You must at all times make it a point to keep your hands clean prior to touching your belly button piercing. You need to do this to ensure that your hands are not the source of contamination for the area that has been pierced. The use of sterile cotton, cotton gauze or other disinfected material should be used for cleaning from the second night onwards.
Healing after navel piercings
Healing of navel piercing can be made difficult by irritation and wounds caused by clothing, particularly waistlines or tight clothing, or the location of the navel in relation to the curve of the waist.
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December 2nd, 2007 at 8:15 pm
hi im supposed to be having my belly button pierced soon, but im worried it might get infected. i have horses and am at the farm everyday, i dont want it to get infected whilst being with the horses. would you reccomend me doing anygthing to prevent any infection?? and whats the best type of metal to use when you get it pierced as i am allergic to the cheap metal. please email bak!! x
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:07 pm
If you are 18 do you need any certain documents or ID’s or papers to fill out to get your navel pierced?
February 8th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
What happens after the piercing is done? How long does it take to heal? Can you swim with the piercing after just having it done? What are the health risks? please answer these questions, thank you so much.
March 20th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Hi, i have had my belly button piercing for a little over 2 months now, and occasionally it bleeds, and it sill pusses, but it does not hurt, and it is not swollen. Is it infected?
July 19th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
cheers for this!!! v. helpful
August 11th, 2008 at 12:52 am
mandy-
you can swim in oceans and pools but NO LAKES!!!
after you get your piercing it will take about 6 months to heal. to promise a healthy healing you should use a saline solution(not the contact kind) or a unscented soap (example : Dial)
Health Risks:
1. infection
2. nerve damage is the precing is unprofessional
3. blood poisoning ( very rare )
hope this helps!
August 12th, 2008 at 10:52 am
i will be getting a navel piercing but nt now,i was wondering what are the chances of getting an infection….nd whenevr im in the car i always put on seat belts and i know after piercing my navel i wouldnt want to wear the seatbelts so as nt to put ne pressure on my piercing and i also dnt want my parents to find out about it…HALP!
October 1st, 2008 at 1:27 am
hey..im getting my belly button piercing…and i wanted to know if u can still do exercises, because in my h.s we have to so lots of exercises and i don’t want it to get infected…because i don’t want my mom to find out
November 18th, 2008 at 4:56 am
i have my belly button pierced and just got it done about 2 weeks ago. mine did not bleed, and i have had no problems at all. i still swim and exercise and everything. i clean it once or twice a day, and am careful about what i wear. it looks great!
November 19th, 2008 at 12:09 am
HEY ! I’m getting my navel pierced this Thursday, and I was wondering when I wash it do I use the sea salt, or just regular soap to lather it up and put on it, or do I just use the sea salt to cleanse it and not soap ? Pleaseeee help !!! [:
December 28th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
i want to get mine pierced with my best friend in the summer, but i do lots of sports, and with the heat i sweat a crapload. so i dont know if i should like cover it with a bandage or something to prevent it from getting infected..
i heard the best material for a new belly piercing is bioplast(organic plastic) because it is hypoallergenic, doesnt get dirty easily, and it its somewhat flexible and comfy.
i am scared because i heard you could pass out after (not necessarliy from the pain, just the exitement, i guess..) and i dont want my mom to find out either because she will flip ouuuuuut!
i never show my belly in public just because i think its pretty slutacious (no offense) but i still want it because i think it will be fun and rlly cute to show my friends.
you should never touch it EVER. unless you wash yr hands completely, and if you rlly do think it might be infected, you should visit the piercing place to make sure, and then take it out or whatever they tell you.
as far as the pain…dont not get it done because you are afraid it will hurt.
it most likely will, but not more than lets say, getting pinched by a little baby on the arm. if done prfessionally, you may be surprised by how little it hurt.
and in the end its really worth it!
hope this helps
xoxo
December 28th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
thankkkks, suzayy
yr comment rlly helped and i got mine pierced two days ago.
i used bioplast and i can even tell its in my belly button
i am wearing flowy shirts often so it doesnt rub.
please, if anyone knows, is it okay to exercise with a new piering? i am curious too hehehe
and i dont show my belly in public either cuz i think its cheap. and it didnt hurt that much! the clamp did a little cuz she kept it there for like a million years.
its worthit
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
this is the third time i get my belly button pierced the first two times it never got red around the top opening but this third time the redness hasn’t gone away what should i do?
January 28th, 2009 at 8:40 am
you can wear seatbelts.
you can exercise.
don’t worrrry, i’ve had mine
and my mom doesn’t know about it
February 12th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
i got my belly done 3 days ago and i love it! i have just been cleaning it 3 times a day to stop infection and ahve been extra careful when bending over and such.
it hurt a little but no where near as much as i thought it would. it was so worth all my worry! haha
February 20th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
I want to get my belly button pierced but im kinda worried. Im no wimp, i can handle pain but some people make it out to be awful. Also, Im worried about infection. How likely is it that my piercing gets infected?
March 30th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
reina,
i have mine pierced twice (top and bottom) and work out a pretty good amount, you can excercise with a new piercing just make sure to wear loose clothing so it doesnt get caught, and if you sweat at all clean the piercing with antibacterial soap when you’re finished. otherwise it’ll be fine.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:23 pm
i want to get my belly pierced but im going away in a month, can i swim? and how long after getting it done to you still get infections? is it for the rest of the time having it? and can i never swim in a lake again??
April 14th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I got my belly button done ermm 4 days ago now and it has only really stopped hurting today, i was incapable of a lot of things when i first had it done, and yes mine really really hurt, it depends on 3 things as to whether it hurts: 1. How well do you handle pain, if u dotn handle it well it will hurt more, 2.How much skin and how tough your skin is, the tough and more skin the needle has to go through the more it will hurt and 3.phobia’s if you have a needle phobia or something you will panic more and that doesnt help, i would no. like an above comment she says she still swims and exercises but its not advised to swim in public pool and so on until it has fully healed, as pools are fully of infection and cholrine can irritate it. I am not going to exercise using my stomache until it doesnt hurt any more and has healed more so i will have to be podgy until then hehe :L , hope thats given some insight
.x
April 15th, 2009 at 2:57 am
I got mine done two weeks ago, no issues expect it swoll because it got hooked. Whatever you do beware of it.it makes it hard to clean around the jewlry because movmet is lmited. if you’re working in a area that it may get hooked, wear band aid on the top ball so it doesn’t get hooked.
I gave up cleaning it with anti-bacterial because it was drying out the skin and irrtating the area around the piercing.
Right now i’m using a saline solution. the one i’m using i “Simply saline”.
Also if your’ is swollen grab some ice, ice it for half an hour, i cleaned mine after and next morning most of the swelling should be gone. At least that was the case for me.
Cheers and enjoy your pretty piercing.
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:53 am
I had my belly button pierced, but the piercer didn’t use a clamp. My skin ended up doing this “rolling” over the needle TWICE in a row, and it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced, and I have 13 piercings. My belly button hurt more than even my two hip surface piercings which required clawed clamps, that bruised and even left claw shaped scabs. My belly button bled a lot because of this “rolling”, which basically was the needle cutting the inside of my skin, TWICE! My piercer cleaned up my belly button two or three times before I left because it was still bleeding. I had to walk home and I ended up bleeding all over my shirt. Now I have to go in (it’s been a couple months or so since the piercing)to see if I need to have it repierced. Because of the rolling and the free hand piercing, it’s slightly crooked and not fully healed. It still pusses and bleeds a very tiny bit, along with a lump feeling thing in the skin around the piercing. Besides all of that, I love piercings and really could care less if one of them turns out badily. I can always get it redone.
May 8th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
i got my belly button pierced a week ago today and it bled for a few minutes aftewards but didnot hurt about 4 days later it got red and is now sore i have started using h2ocean is it noraml for it to look red and oozie at the top (like a spot would look that has been wet for a while
May 8th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
i got my navel pierced a week ago today and for the first 4 days it didn;t hurt but now it is red a bit swelled and sore also is it normal so early into the piercing to look red a oozie at the top almost like it swells enough that the top looks embeded
May 17th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Got belly button piercing it wasnt what i wanted was to shallow. The guy didnt even show me what it would look like in the mirror befor he done it.
It got irritated so they changed it to soon and it ended up getting infected went to er monday.
I still ended up taking it out anyways.
They wasnt really wanting to give my money back,
I ate the $40.00
Do research before getting anything done.
May 21st, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I had a tummy tuck 2 yrs ago and i want to get my belly button pierced. But iv’e read and heard that it’s most likely to not take due to my scar tissue around button.I even ask the person who pierces and she said its my choice and she’d do it if i chose to but that she wouldnt recomend it.So my question is how often does it go bad and what exactly makes it reject it? Please reply if you can.
June 10th, 2009 at 12:38 am
I am 13. I never thought about having my navel pierced. I saw that my 18 yr old sister had one. I looked AWESOME!!!!! the moment i saw it i knew i wanted one. I don’t think my mom will allow me but it’s worth a shot. I looked up lots of information on it; like healing, risks, responses, where to get it done, and AFTERCARE. I can’t wait to ask my parents.
June 10th, 2009 at 1:53 am
I am the same person as #26 but i have another question. I ride horses. i am there 6-7 days a week. i am a camp counselor with horses. will it get infected?? and same as tash (#1) i can’t have cheap metal. EMAIL BACK!!!!!!!!!!! PLZZ PLZZZZ PPLLZZ
June 25th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Hi, I had my bellybutton pierced about two weeks ago, and I went to my mom’s plastic surgeon. I highly reccommend looking into getting it professionally done at a cosmetic surgery center because while it does cost a bit more than at a tattoo shop, she numbed it for me and I could pick any kind of ring I wanted. Here is what she told me for aftercare and such:
-Clean it twice a day with either rubbing alcohol (which burns and stings) or hydrogen peroxide (which does not burn, but does ‘fizz’) using a q-tip.
-Gently clean the piercing with soap in the shower
- Wash my hands before touching the piercing
- Swimming is an option, as well as sports, work, etc. The only thing I would have to do is clean it after swimming in dirty water, or sweating excessively.
- The piercing may bleed or ooze for the first few days, and a band-aid over the piercing will keep this from getting on your clothes.
-Clean it for the first 2 weeks, then its no longer necessary, and wait 6 weeks to change it at least. The longer you keep it in, the less it hurts and the easier it is when you change it.
July 5th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
hello well iam gettiong my belly done next week and i hope everything
goes well fingers crossed (yn) well if gany information you have gt please post and i will read thankyou very much xxxx
July 7th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
hey, so i get my belly button done a couple days ago. and you probably can excersize, but if you want it to heal as fast as possible try not to move your waist alot. the best thing to do is sea salt soaks and use pure saline solution. with the soaks only use sea salt, because other brands can irratate it.
July 11th, 2009 at 4:30 am
I want to get my belly button pierced but i dont want my parents to find out. i just need to know how long it usually takes to heal and after its healed, if i can take out the jewel and for how long.
thankz
July 18th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
hi im getting my
bellyring Monday i wouldnt
say im scared
because i have
been wanting
this for a year
but my mom
made a deal
with me for
passing so i cant
wait
July 18th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
I’m 13 and had my belly button peirced a week ago. I’m going on holiday in 2 weeks and I’m wondering if i will be able to go swimming. Also I want to be able to wear a bikini but I have a small red ring around the top ball. And the skin around the top ball is getting stuck to the metal belly bar. I use vasaline to help with the movement and it seems to be getting slightly better. But I don’t want it to get any worse before I go on holiday, does anybody have any experience the same as mine and what was it like after 3 weeks? Please help! Oh and Patty it depends on how sensetive your skin is, if it rejects it, then it is more prone to infections and you should take it out. It also depends on how well and how much you clean it, if you hardly ever clean it or have stopped just because it looks healed then it will start to go bad. Hope this helps, please reply to my problem if you can. Thanks =D
July 20th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
i got my belly button pierced 3 days ago. i woke up this morning and it was red at the top so i cleaned it very well. about 30 minutes ago i went to clean it again and some puss came out of the top. does this mean it is infected?
July 24th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
I got my belly button peirced andd no offence to who ever who iz gettin it done it really hurts. Can you go swimming when you jus get it peorced the man who done mine said you can i had only have it done sence 2nd july but i am scared to go into swimming pool incase it gets infected ? Email Back Asap Plz
August 5th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
rachelle stainless steel is the best for new ones but it is quite cheap so gold mite be best. i’m getting mine done in a few weeks for my birthday. i am also 13 going on 14 and i cant wait.it usually takes 4-6 weeks to heal so u probably will be able to ride horses.gd luck!xx
November 25th, 2009 at 5:33 am
This post was very useful in my quest to find out more information on Molluscum.
November 29th, 2009 at 7:13 am
hey, im 14 and i wanna get my belly button pierced. i asked my mum if i could and she said “NO!!!!” she said it looks tacky etc. i don’t!!! at all!! i went to a place called lord of the jewels and the lady said
i can sleep on my stomach
i cant swim
i cant wear hight waisted clothing
i cant hug my friends tightly
it also costs 70$ inc jewelry
i really need to know any tips of how to avoid my mum finding out, like should i wait until winter?
and i read the procedure online. it didn’t sound to pleasant.
i told the lady i was 16, but she wanted id :s could i just forge a note from my mum saying i can?
thank you! Xx
December 4th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
iim getting mine done tomorrow im not nervous as i found out alot about it and i can cope with pain so ill write back on here and say how it went
x
December 8th, 2009 at 7:52 am
I got my belly button pierced four days ago and i have been cleaning it with rubbing alcohol but i just read some stuff from other sites saying you are not suppose to. Is it going to hurt it any that i have been cleaning it with rubbing alcohol?
December 9th, 2009 at 12:36 am
i just made it myself at home and im wandering if i can work out wen it is steal fresh??
December 9th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
It does NOT hurt when they pierce it . i d say 2 out of 10 on the pain scale.
BUT it will most likely get infected how ever much you clean it if you keep playing it…trust me i made the mistake ..its pretty painfull when it gets infected ..so dont touch it ! x
December 12th, 2009 at 2:48 am
I got my belly button pierced 3 days ago im 14 and it didnt hurt at all just like a pressure feeling and its through. The piercer told me no rubbing alcohol
no peroxide
no petroleum jelly (it traps bacteria and holds it)
no bandaids and if you have to wear a tight shirt just take a styrofoam cup and cut the rim off and put the rim around the belly ring and voila! no shirt rubbing
Hope this helps
December 16th, 2009 at 12:23 am
and, it doesnt hurt that much
on a scale, probably a 3 or a 4. when white puss comes out, that means it’s healing so dont worry about it. i used to soak mine in non iodized salt water twice a day for the first week then i got lazy and just cleaned it in the shower. worked out fine for me 
January 6th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
i got my bellybutton done 9 months ago, it wasnt sore, it didnt bleed and i cleaned it 3 times a day. but it fell out once and closed up really quickly and i had to get it re-peirced which was more sore the second time, and now i think its infected but i still clean it alot….
but i would recommend it 
:D xx
January 7th, 2010 at 1:32 am
hey im 13 and i got my belly pierced yesterday and i love it but i dont want it to get in fected and i have been cleaning it three times a day but is it ok to go in the pool today plz write bak asap thx
January 8th, 2010 at 2:34 am
i just got my belly button pierced about 3 weeks ago. it hardly hurt, and the lady that did mine didnt’ even use a clamp becuase there wasn’t enough skin around it, so she just held it and pushed the needle through. mine didnt bleed at all, but a week or so after it was red on the top ball and i noticed a little puss when i move the top ball, but other than that i love mine.
January 12th, 2010 at 10:21 am
hey im getting my belly peirced tomorrow, and i have hurd that if you move the pirceing when healing its just like picking a scab. is that true? and how do i clean it without moveing it to much? how long do i soak it for? please reply soon
thankyou
January 15th, 2010 at 1:52 am
I really want my belly button pierced but I am in Poms. We have practice about every other day, and I was wondering if this would interrupt the healing process? It ends in the middle of feb. I am also very interested in Bioplast belly rings? would those be better to dance with? more flexible I hear?
January 25th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Hi! My name is Elorie, my first belly piercing was when I was seventeen, and the guy that did it didn’t pierce enough of the skin, so six months later I looked at it and there was barely any skin holding the bar so I had to take it out and let it heal on it’s own. Also, the guy told me to only wash it with antibacterial soap but, I guess my body didn’t like that because, even after three months it wasn’t healing properly. I just got it repierced yesterday, under the scar of the first one, and the guy that did it told me to never use soap. You know how, at the bottom of your shower curtain there’s all that scum? Imagine that, but in your body ): so I’m gonna stick with salt water four times a day for two weeks, then less and less. This site has been tremendously helpful and thanks to all who posted their stories. I’m also planning on working out tonight ;D good luck ladies!
February 4th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Howdy, Wonderful, straight colored, specially from the major news corperations with the big slants to the left or right. Did you see last nights O’Rielly factor? haha, that was rediculous! Sorry, I am rambling on once again. Have a Good 1!
February 5th, 2010 at 5:29 am
hey, i got my belly button pierced yesterday and its been pretty sore. it didnt hurt that bad getting it but now that im trying to heal it, its tender. i clean it with the sea salt and warm water so i hope that helps with healing. iv read numerous times that it helps out so much. im nervous about reading about all the possibilities of infections but im pretty good about keeping clean. im going thru the same irritations such as the redness on the top ball and its also verry sensitive to move the ring up and down. im glad to know other people are going thru the same thing!! (:
February 6th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Krista, you could try putting a large bandage over the piercing so it wont catch on clothing. i just got mine pierced a few days ago. it only really hurt the first day, but i can’t bend over completely or sleep on my stomach yet. I’ve read it takes 4 months to a year to heal completely. a girl i know says hers was fine in 3 weeks. if you use rubbing alcohol, use A&D or neosporin afterwards, bc alcohol dries out the skin and can slow healing time. DO NOT go swimming for at least 2 months. I found an article w tips on healing piercings: http://www.compunction.org/healing2.txt
February 12th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Hey, I got my hip pierced about a week ago, and it started to swell and was red along where the bar was going through the skin, and it was also very red around the balls. It was very sore to touch. It wasn’t pussing at all. I had some concern so I went into a piercing place and asked the piercer what it was. She said to take it out because I had mild blood posioning from the piercing,
I took it out and cleaned it well,
I was just wondering what could of gone wrong and how can a surface piercing give you blood posioning.
February 13th, 2010 at 2:15 am
Hi! Today I went to get my belly button pierced for the second time because the first time it got infected which was completely my fault and I had to take it out. It’s completely healed and it has been 2 years already since I’ve done it. I have to point out that I had absolutely no problems during the act and it didn’t even hurt. But today I fainted and started shaking even before the woman put the needle in. Because of the shaking, she couldn’t pierce me and she was too scared. I have fainted, it’s in my nature because I have a fear of needles, but the reason why my mom freaked out so much is because I was shaking which has never happened before. I will get pierced again that’s for sure, but now I need some advice about preventing the fainting. I was thinking about smelling ethanol, some nurses used it once to wake me up when I fainted when they had to take some blood out, and it worked. Some advice please?
February 15th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
hey i just got my belly button re-done yesterday..and it is bleeding..i wondered if it was ok and what i should do…
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:10 am
Hey, Im getting my belly button pierced Friday and I was wonderig how bad it hurt? Is it like a shot?
February 28th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
My Birthday Is Coming Up On March 6th And I Am Turning 14.My Parents Said I Could Get My Belly Button Peirced But I Am Scared…. My Mom Was Telling Me That It Hurts So Bad And She Threw Up When She Got Hers Done. I Am Wondering Does It Really Hurt That Bad??
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:25 pm
im getting my belly button peirced march 16 or maybe before that, is it okay if i swim in about, errmmmm june or july?? THNX!!!! XD
March 5th, 2010 at 3:27 am
Hey well i have 7 piercings and the most recent one is my belly button.its been maybe like about 3 weeks and im worried that its infected because at the top ball its kind of red nd then when i clean it white gooey stuff comes out & it doesnt really hurt only when i bend over and i was wondering if thatS normal?? Oo nd yea i clean it with alcohol 2-3 times a day.
March 8th, 2010 at 11:08 am
hey, i got my belly done a few days ago, and i was wondering if it’s normal for it to be red around the site of the piercing? or if there was something wrong with it and i should take it out? thanks.
March 9th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Hey, I got my belly peirced three days ago and it is still red and the skin is like growing somewhat onto the belly button ring is that normal?
March 10th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
hey i really really want to get my belly button pierced this weekend because i’ve been wanting it for years and my mom finally said yes. However i’m REALLY nervous about the procedure because i’m so terrified that its going to kill when the needle goes through. So do you think that since i want it really bad i should just go for it since the pain will only last seconds? Please help!!
March 14th, 2010 at 5:59 am
i had read alot about belly button piercings before i actually got mine done and everyone said it didnt hurt. i went to the piercer and as she put the needle through, it wouldnt go in! she had to stab extremely hard to finally get it in and it hurt pretty badly. afterwards it was really sore and still pinching and hard to bend over. i guess it all depends with the person… looks very cute though
March 15th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
i got mine done errrmmm about three days ago and its red but its not bleeding for discharging puss so i guess itz okay. Any suggestions to keeping it clean and shit just comment or sumthing….
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