Belly button piercing history, types and jewellry
navel piercing
Belly Button Piercing History
There are a lot of things that we can do to our body to make it look and feel better. One of the best things that you can do is to make a belly button piercing or even tummy button piercing. There are not evidences that the ancient cultures have used the belly button or so called naval piercing, but they have recognized that area of the body as an erogenous. After the invention of the Bikini in 1953, the popularity of the naval piercing has rapidly increased. That way of piercing is one of the most provocative ones and it has increased the confidence of the women. In the 1980s Madonna has shown her piercing belly button in most of her videos, which gave that type of piercing a lot more popularity. Today you will be able to get belly button piercing practically everywhere, because there are many piercing parlors. Furthermore, the price of that service is very affordable and so are the jewellry that you should use, so if you want to feel more powerful and confident, make sure that you will get belly button piercing.
Belly Button Piercing Types
In general there are not very much types of female navel piercing that you will be able to do, because you have only one belly button. You will be able to choose among 2 main areas of your belly button – the upper and lower. So there are top and bottom belly piercing. But to choose the most suitable for them, make sure that you will consider the jewel that you will be wearing. IF you are willing to wear a smaller jewel, the lower part of your belly button will be suitable choice, because the other people will be able to notice it more easily. However, there are some bigger jewellry that you will be able to use and they require that you pierce both your upper and lower areas of your belly button. Remember that when you are choosing where to pierce your belly button you will have to consider the jewellry that you will be using and also a good idea is to ask the person, who will be making the piercing where is better.
Belly Button Piercing Jewellry
When you are making a naval piercing one of the most important things that you will have to choose is the proper jewelry. Remember that you should check if you are not allergic to some particular metal, because if you are there is a serious risk of getting an infection.
The first jewel that you will receive in most of the cases will be a barbell, which you will have to wear until the piercing is healed. This barbell will be created using special medical steel, which is hypoallergenic and when you are wearing it, there are practically no chances of getting an infection. There are a lot of types of rings that you will be able to wear, so you when you pay attention to most of the jewelry stores you will be able to choose the most suitable jewellry for you. Furthermore, there are a lot of barbells that you will be able to use, when you get your naval piercing full healed. In the begging the best choice is the silver barbell, because again you will have less chance to cause an infection.
The barbells that are used on the belly button are commonly called banabels, because of the shape that they have and the standard one that you will be able to get will be 1.6mm thick and 9.5mm long. However, there are some banabels, which are 11.1 mm long, so if you want to have bigger piercing that is the best choice for you. In addition, in the internet you will notice that some of the jewelry sellers are referring to the barbells as a navel rings, so if you see that do not be confused.
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