Belly Button Jewelry.txt

Kevin Tan Jan 27, 2012 · 2 min read

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Back in the 90s, body piercing seemed extreme, although glamorous. We were then used to see belly button jewelry on the catwalk, yet, today, women worldwide, choose to accent their navel with body jewels. A diversity of sizes, designs, models, and very attractive prices, this is what the Internet has to offer for belly button jewelry. The materials the various items are made of include gold, titanium, organic matter and so on.

In case you have just decided on having the first body piercing, you should make sure you take all the safety and health precautions in order to avoid infections. Go to a trusted piercing saloon or have the piercing done by someone with medical training. Good care of the fresh navel piercing comes on top of everything. When you have a first piercing, you might want to choose the materials that are better tolerated by the body. This means that the belly button jewelry won’t cause further irritation or intolerance reactions.

1. Don’t change the belly button jewelry after you have the piercing. Keep the same ring for at least a few months in order to allow the body to heal and adapt.

2. In most cases, the first piece of belly button jewelry is the one they give you at the body piercing studio. Later, when the health risks are gone, you can choose whatever type of belly button jewelry you want in order to express your personality and show your navel off.

3. The risk to cause more damage to the belly area is higher if you try to change the belly button jewelry before the wound is completely healed.

4. Gold is not recommended to wear in your fresh piercing for the first time, because this precious metal is used in combination with all sorts of alloys. Without other metals, gold is too soft to mold into jewelry of any kind.

5. If you shop for belly button jewelry to use in a fresh piercing, then, titanium is the way to go. It has the highest body tolerance rate being also used for implants. Titanium causes no irritation and poses almost no risks of intolerance.

Belly button jewelry makes an excellent way of expressing your personality. It makes women feel sexy and self-confident, and it gives a chic look to a nice navel. Lots of women no longer consider it such a dare to have a belly piercing and wear a ring. But it’s all about personal choices… you may like belly button jewelry or not!