sneakky…

By Bri, from York.

It all started on a Friday when I was at the beach and saw a really thin girl with her belly button pierced. It immediately got my attention .

I kept an eye out for other people who may have there belly buttons pierced ever since. I got jealous to the point where I almost did a self belly piercing. Not a good idea, I realized.

So I asked my mom if I could get it done and of course she said “NO!” So a couple weeks went by and I needed to get my belly button pierced! I asked around if anyone could take me but no one wanted to get yelled at by my mom. I wouldn’t want to get yelled at! I knew she wouldn’t see it until summer when it was healed because it’s tucked under my shirt.

Eventually, my friends aunt took me to get it done. She signed the papers and it also helped that we kind of looked a like a little bit. As I picked out my belly ring I wanted I got totally nervous. My piercer marked my tummy with a purple washable marker. As picky as I am I made him redo it so it was prfectly straight. I held on to my friends hand and was shaking because I knew what I was doing was doing was wrong. My piercer put the clamp on my navel and I swallowed hard with fear and excitement. When he said breathe in and did the count down my stomach dropped.

When the needle went through me it felt like he was piercing 3 layers of skin. I could feel it go through 3 layers. I was a uncomfortable feeling. I thanked my piercer. He gave me a sheet of paper explaining what I had to do to clean it and what products I should use. When I got home my mom asked me what I did that day. I said nothing like usual. As time went on summer came. My mom found out and made me take it out. Little did she know it was healed so i just put it back in when I got home. That is how I was sneaky!!

It’s Worth It!

By Brittany, from La Puente, CA

I have wanted my belly pierced ever since Britney Spears debuted her newly pierced navel in 2000 at her televised concert in Hawaii.

I gave it a lot of thought off and on over the years, and started thinking seriously about it in July 2009. In September, I finally decided to go ahead with it.

I had my then-boyfriend do the piercing, which I regret. Instead of doing it quickly and getting it over with, he went really slow because he was scared he’d hurt me. Well, it hurt A LOT more than I thought it would. We did use a sterile piercing needle and a 7/16″ titanium barbell. I have allergies to metals, so I decided to go with titanium.

I took care of it with daily saline soaks. After about two months, I noticed some problems with it migrating. I was worried it would reject, so I removed the jewelry. There was a lot of blood that came out of the piercing when I took out the jewelry- I think I tore some skin while removing it. After doing a bit more research on rejection, I decided to try a shorte, 3/8″ barbell instead. The longer one was moving around too much, causing the migration.

Now, 4 months later, my piercing is mostly healed. The migration has seemed to slow down, although I keep a close eye on it. It also migrated slightly to the left, so its not quite centered, but its not like anyone sees it except for me, anyways.

I was worried it wouldn't look good because I'm overweight, but I love it. Everytime I look at it in the mirror, it seems like its a part of me, and I don't regret it. It was a personal decision, I did it for me. Its not something that anyone knows about unless I tell them, and that is empowering. I like the navel piercing for that reason. I'm 21, so while my parents couldn't say no, its not something they need to know about because they would disapprove.

Overall, even with the problems I encountered, I definitely love this piercing, and it was definitely worth it. It made me feel closer to my childhood idol, and while that may sound silly to many, it means a lot to me.

Baby Blue<3

By Emily, from Independence.

I have wanted my belly button pierced since I was like 14.

When I was 17, I went and got my lip pierced on the right side, and I still have it. Now.. a year later, I’m 18. I have been begging someone to take me to get it done. I approach my mom and she won’t take me. She is very strongly against me piercing anything. But, after a day walking around bugging her, she took me to the shop called “freaks”.

I went in, and started to process immediately. I filled out the form, showed them my id, and picked out the jewel. I chose blue of course. I went in the room, and my mom went with me. She admitted she was a bit of a perfectionist and we redid the ink placement a few times.

She had me lay down. My mom was teasing me that I was gonna cry. I took a deep breath, let it out and she pushed the needle through. No clamp or anything. Then, I took another breath, let it out and she put in the jewelry. That happened to be the most painful part of the piercing, but it really wasn’t bad at all. Just a slightpinch.

I stood up and looked at it. I loved it. I paid her, and she gave me instructions to soak it in saline. For the first four days, it was not painful at all, it is just now getting sore. I’ve only had it since Monday and today is Saturday. It’s a bit red and there is the seeping starting to happen. It’s more painful now than it was earlier.

But I do adore my piercing. I have always loved them. I think piercings express people. I have been discriminated against because I’m just a ‘rebellious’ teen. I have my ears pierced twice, my cartlidge twice, my lip, and my belly button. But, I have straight A’s and I don’t get in trouble. So, I think those views are very false.

People with piercings aren’t any different from those who aren’t pierced. anyways. I love it. I would recommend that if you want it done, go for it. just be safe, and keep it clean! =] Great experience.

It finally worked

By Renee from Kenesaw, U.S.A.

Hey!!! the names Renee’. Ive had my belly button pierced three times. The first time it was rejected. The second time it was snagged.. And this time, so far it looks good.

This is the longest its ever lasted. its been a week and its healing already. i snagged it lastnight but, but im keeping it clean so it should heal correctly. The more i got it repierced the more it hurted. Before i got it pierced the piercer asked me did i want the bottom done. I thought it would look wierd so i said no.

After the second one migrated out, there was this ugly dark brown scar left. I was thinking about getting the bottom pierced now, so i was surfing the internet looking for pics with people who have their bottom belly button pierced. But i thought id give the top one more chance, and like i said earlier so far so good. I mean the more you take care of it the better it will heal. Healing any piercing can be as easy or hard as you make it. If you stick to proper aftercare and cleaning, you should have minimalproblems with just about any piercing.

The best method for healing piercings is to soak them 3-4 times daily in a Sea Salt water solution (Since you body contains salt water, sea salt water soaks will not be harsh to your body like man made chemical cleansers can be.)

Upon leaving our studio, you should stop by your local grocer and/or supermarket and purchase a package of sea salt (otherwise referred to as no-iodized salt or kosher salt) and a gallon of distilled water

~Renee’ Cyrus!!!!

Its about time!!!

By Michelle, from Cawood.

Ever since i was 13 i wonted to get my belly button pierced but of course my mom would not let me so here iam 11 years later i did it.

Even though i had other piercings( lip ,nose nipples, tounge ,clit) i was still scared. i still cant believe i did it.it took me several minutes and attempets to actually do it,thank god the person doing it was a close friend and that i had my husband their to hold my hand or i would have not done it.

It’s not as bad as it sounds, it only took a few seconds the only thing i hated was the clamps i didnt even fell the needle i sware it was done right in my own living room with my three kids and their friend watching.come girls if i can do any one can.

I just had mine done last night yeah it a little sore.but thats all.i was told it should take it six weeks to heal and to keep it clean and i should not have any problems.come girls i know you can do it. you wont regret having it done i know i dont

You did what?

By Goldameir, from New York.

I’ve been dying to get my belly button pierced since forever but i never really had the time to do so because I’m always to busy.

The only time I could do so was last week which was our christmas break. I’m from a veeeery strict family nd a navel piercing is totally out of the question but i got it pierced anyways haha.

For weeks I searched all over the internet nd found a descent place not so far away from my house. When i got there it kinda freaked me out with all the wierd gothic designs everywhere. a very sweet lady asked me what she could do for me nd i told her i wanted to get my belly button pierced. she told me to wait for a few minutes because there were a lot of people that day. after 20 minutes she called me nd told me it was my turn.

The guy who pierced me was sam nd he looked very descent really. He told me that the piercing would tke like 3 to 4 months to heal, it depends on how i take care of it nd that i have to wash it twice a day nd put salt sulotion on it. after that he ten got prepared the materials nd put this wierd thing to hold the skin on my belly button then he marked it and BAM stuch the needle in.

It hurt but when I looked down taada it was done. i couldn’t believe it was that fast nd when i showed my brother he just said “U did what?” nd laughed. he just tole me to make sure nothing goes wrong with me or he’ll kill me haha but i love it and it looks so perfect

My Fantasy Piercing!!!! x

By Claire Thomas fron Doncaster, England.

After I’d picked my beautiful barbell, the woman autoclaved it and told me to come into the piercing room as she put on these cool looking black gloves.

She made me lift up my shirt, and she cleaned my navel with an alcohol pad. She then marked the dots on my belly button….and then it was time…

I thought I was going to piss myself silly!! I lay on the table and concentrated on my breathing thinking “holy shit holy shit” the whole time while staring at the ceiling. She put the clamp on and I’d thought it was the needle (but it didn’t hurt) but boy was I wrong. She then said “Ok I am going to put the needle in now. Take a deep breath and when you let it out I am going to push it through.” When I let my breath out, she pushed the damn thing through and actually, it hurt a little bit more than what I’d expected because she pulled up my skin to stretch it out so she could put the barbell through.

When she had put my ring in, she let me get up and I looked at it in the mirror. It was SO CUTE!! I was really excited, and couldn’t wait to show my mom and little sister. They both really liked it. The lady then proceeded to tell about the cleaning process. She said I should clean it with Dial soap and soak it twice a day in salt water.

Can We Say Ouch!!!!

By Miya Watson, Jacksonville, Arkansas

I just got my belly button pierced a day ago. I had been wanting to get my belly button pierced for about 6 Months. When I first ask my mom if i could get it done she like freak out!!!! But i kept talking to her about it and came up with some good reason of why i should get it and plus my twin sister had already head her nose pierced.So she eventually gave in .

I really didnt care were i got it done at i just wanted it to be a safe place and i wanted to do it the right way (by having my mom sign and give me permission to get it done). When i walk in with my sister and my mom we sign the papers and went right in… a lady was there in the room and she just mark me and told me to lay down in the chair.

I WAS SO NERVOUS AND AT THIS POINT I KNEW THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK . So i watched her do it and holded my sister hand but it went by so fast that the only thing i had time say was “OUCH” LOL. IT IS SO CUTE NOW IM HAPPY I GOT IT.

It really didnt hurt it feels like getting pinch real hard for like 3 seconds its kinda sore in the lady told me to use saline contact solution n thats it and she told me not to touch it that much and pretty much just let it heal. Idk how long its gone take to heal but so far so good and im glad that i got it .

A hole in my Belly Button

By Shanikka, Fresno, USA

So for years i wanted to get my belly button pierced but i knew my mom wouldnt let me before i turned 18.

so about 2 months after i was riding to school with my friend and i saw a shop across the street from the school and decided that friday i was going in there to get my belly button pierced. So my friend and i went in, i was so scared…

just for the record i don’t even have my ears pierced! so the guy who was going to do the piercing for me told me to lay on the little table so i did i think i was shaking a little bit. my friend was telling me to calm down ill be fine. so i closed my eyes and waited while the guy cleaned my belly button then marked where the hole would be.

i was holding my friend’s hand the whole time. she later told me i squeezed to so hard she had imprints… i told her she should feel bad for who ever gets me pregnant he may not have any hands lol. anyways so the guy puts this thing on my belly button it was a needle i think but im not sure cuz i wasnt lookin i knew if i did i would chicken out.

so i feel a pinch it didnt really hurt that bad… but it shocked me a little. then the guy took out the needle and put in my belly ring… after it was all over he cleaned it again… i didnt even bleed that much. but when i got home my little sister hit my stomach it hurt like hell… and sleeping was pain because i sleep on my stomach…

but now its been almost a year and everything is fine

If My Parents Found Out

Shintelle, Ajax, Ontario

Me, not being able to get my belly button pierced under any circumstances I couldn’t let my parents find out that I was thinking about getting it done, let alone going to get it done. I probably asked 1billion times and they kept saying no. I had a reasonable reason too.

So one day I slept over at my friend’s house and she convinced me to get it done she was supposed to get something pierced as well but she flopped. We road our bikes down to a tattoo shop that was known for its cleanliness and had a good rep to get it done. During the process was the funniest part when the lady was about to put the needle through she said your first reaction is to put your hand where you feel the pain don’t do it. And as soon as she put it through my arm went flying (for the record it’s almost uncontrollable)!

The lady was nice and told me a lot of things to do and not to do (not like I was going to remember:-) All I could remember was her telling me you can’t go swimming for 3 weeks, I have a pool in my backyard so you can imagine how hard it was to resist. To inform you the last week I went swimming every day. Then we had to ride all the way back. (This wasn’t a close ride)

I hid it for a while which made cleaning a little harder planning to tell my parents near Christmas or never. Since I can’t survive a year without Christmas, I told them 2 days later and they grounded me (N) telling me I couldn’t go out anywhere. They even thought I was influenced by the wrong people, which isn’t true; I was going to get it done either way. But it was worth it!

It’s been a month and a half (I think) since I got it pierced and I can definitely leave the house within reason and I even gave my cousin courage to get hers pierced too (but she told her mom)

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