Navel piercing
Navel piercing is difficult to call something unusual or exotic, because this type of body decoration is used by a huge number of women.
However, there are a lot of questions, doubts and myths surrounding this procedure. In this article we will try to disclose this topic in more detail.
The story of
navel piercing
Many people consider navel piercing as a kind of body modification and real art, something totally new.
Others, on the contrary, claim that navel piercing has been existing for thousands of years. So, who’s right about that? Surely, it is difficult to tell the date or age when people began to pierce their navel, but it is known for certain that the ancient Egyptians actively practiced this procedure. However, they did not do it with an aesthetic purpose, for them it was a distinctive sign demonstrating a special position, but not the object of certain decoration. Navel piercing for a beauty purpose became mass after the introduction of the female bikini. Moral mores began to allow women to become more naked. A lot of popular actresses, singers and models have taken advantage of this. Naturally, their fans picked up the "novelty" and navel piercing became a fashionable and popular trend. Today, navel piercing is no longer something shocking or unique. It will give way only to a pierced ear in popularity. So, it is possible to say that navel piercing can emphasize your beauty and individuality. It is a relatively young phenomenon or trend. Although the procedure itself is tens of thousands of years old.
Navel piercing -
contraindications
The procedure of navel piercing is quite simple, but very responsible, because it requires sufficient knowledge, skill, a sterile room, a special tool and the approval of a doctor.
The procedure is very important.
After all, instead of a beautiful and sexy navel, you can get serious health problems. We definitely do not recommend you to make a puncture by yourself or trust your body and health someone unknown or just friends. Navel piercing is a budget service, so it is stupid to put yourself at risk. Trust your body only to a professional master who knows what he or she is doing, has experience and customer reviews. Even in this case, it is important to remember that any piercer must have certain medical knowledge, but he or she is not a doctor and even more, does not have information regarding your health. So the first thing you have to do - consult your doctor and only get the approval. We recommend you to choose carefully where and who will be punctured. Forget about a navel piercing if you have the following diseases:
- Hepatitis.
- Pancreatitis.
- HIV.
- Gastritis (exacerbation phase).
- Rheumatism.
- Diabetes Mellitus.
- Blood contamination or clotting disorder.
- Chronic skin diseases.
Where do you want your
navel to be pierced?
Piercing should be carried out only at a qualified specialist in a specially equipped and organized place.
Piercing salons shops, tattoo salons, beauty salons - that’s where to go for this service. It is very important to make sure that the chosen place meets all the important criteria - it is sterily clean, equipped, all consumables are disposable and of high quality, the master works in a mask and gloves, has certain experience, recommendations and reviews of customers proving his/her professionalism.
Aftercare
In order to avoid health problems and delight the surrounding men with own beauty, it is not enough to pierce with help of a professional master.
This is only half the case. The second and no less important part is to observe all the necessary rules during healing, otherwise everything can be spoiled. The time of healing can be different. In some cases it can even be several months. But if you do everything correctly, it is most often just a month. The procedure is not complicated and consists of three main points:
- Personal hygiene.
- In addition to the elementary rules of typical daily hygienic procedures, try to exclude the bathroom for 2-3 weeks. Only a warm shower. You may use just antibacterial soap. Touch the navel or jewelry only in sterile gloves or pre-treated with special solutions. Keep the jewelry always clean.
- Treatment of the wound.
- The rules of care you should explain in detail the master, advise proven care products and give a special brochure with all the recommendations, in case you have forgotten something.
- Necessary clothing.
- Clothes should be clean, light and baggy, it should not press or rub the healing area. Preference is given to natural fabrics.
Possible effects
after a puncture
Sometimes women face the unpleasant consequences of navel piercing.
It can be even if you care for the navel during healing very well and the puncture is performed by the best master in the city. Unfortunately, anyone can face this.
The most common is an unpleasant or painful feelings in the navel area, both when the jewerly is inserted in the body and without it. This is because even a healed wound at first is quite sensitive. Over time, the puncture channel will become dull and the unpleasant feelings will disappear, unless they are associated with contamination and inflammation.
Severe inflammation. Here you should immediately suspect a problem - health problems, lack of hygiene, improper jewerly or procedure conducted with gross mistakes.
It’s much less likely to be rejected. This happens most often from the wrong choice of jewerly. Another reason can be a puncture that is not deep enough, poor quality of the product or its material or unsuitable shape and size.
We want to point out that this happens very rarely, but no one is immune from it. If you have problems, be sure to consult a specialist.