Is it weird for a guy to get a belly button piercing?
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“It’s not as rare as you would think,” says Chris Beierschmitt, a veteran piercer at neighborhood institution Pure Body Arts. He estimates one out of every twenty navel piercings is a man, an even mix of gay and straight. “If you saw these people on the street, you’d never know what’s under their clothes,” he says.
Belly button piercings have been popular for a long time—and for good reason. Considering the piercing is fairly painless due to a fleshy placement and easy to take care of since you don’t have to look in a mirror to see it, they’re a great choice that has endured the test of time.
How do they pierce the belly button?
If you go to a salon to get your piercing, a trained piercer will pass a sterile, hollow needle through the loose skin of your navel. Your piercer will mark the spot to be pierced. You’ll feel a sharp pinch and can expect a small amount of blood. The jewelry you choose will go through this new opening.
Is Belly piercing painful?
Belly button piercing pain level Belly button piercings are considered the second least painful piercings after ear piercings. That’s because the thick tissue left behind from when your umbilical cord was removed is flesh and not very nerve dense.
Is a belly piercing safe?
A piercing on your belly button is more likely to get infected than other body parts because of its shape. It’s easy for bacteria to hole up inside it. If the piercing needle wasn’t sterile, there’s a chance you could get serious infections like hepatitis or tetanus. Tearing.
Navel piercings typically take four to 12 months to fully heal, but if you take proper care of your piercing, you can make the process go more quickly and painlessly. Cleaning and caring for a fresh belly button piercing prevents the irritation and infection that could otherwise slow down the healing process.
Does it hurt getting your belly button pierced?
Belly button piercing hurts, but relative to other body parts, this pain is somewhat average. Piercing the navel hurts more than some areas, such as the tongue or the eyebrow, but less than others, such as the nostril or the lip. When having a navel piercing, it is not actually the navel that is pierced, but the upper rim.
How does it feel to get your belly button pierced?
A. Like any piercing that goes through soft tissue (think earlobes or lip), belly button piercing pain is momentary. You’ll feel a brief pinch, pressure as the needle goes through, and a little more pressure as the jewelry is put into your new belly button piercing.
To pierce your belly button in the safest way possible, you will need: A 14 gauge sterile piercing needle, a 14 gauge belly button ring made from stainless steel, titanium or bioplast, some rubbing alcohol or alcohol wipes, a body ink marker, a piercing clamp and some cotton balls.