How to Care for Your New Navel Piercing

Ensure a Successful Piercing

Navel piercings are a newer form of body piercing that started making the rounds in popularity in the mid to late 1980's. One of the most famous scenes or navel piercing came from Aerosmith's Cryin' video where Alicia Silverstone can be seen in a body piercers chair getting her navel pierced. After the video started getting exposure on MTV and other music video channels around the world the fad blew up into a world wide phenomenon making the navel one of the most popular piercing locations ever.

I have always been a supporter of body piercing and have been involved in several body piercing organizations and a convention here in Florida about 7 years ago. Some people are surprised when they learn that I haven't gone crazy on the body piercings myself, I try to keep it simple. But if someone wants to cover their body in piercings I'm not one to complain as long as it makes them happy the way my piercings make me happy.

Navel piercing is a modern invention and has never been recorded in primitive cultures; however, the navel has long been recognized as an erogenous zone because of the difference between men and women's stomachs. Women's stomachs differ from men's because they are more rounded in the lower part and are longer than men's. This hasn't stopped men from getting their navels pierced though, but I have heard it can be more extreme for a guy getting his pierced because men have thicker skin in that area.

Caring for your new piercing:

The one problem a new navel piercing might have initially is dirt. The navel itself is a depressed scar that tends to collect a lot of dirt, and if it is not dried properly after bathing can become subject to fungal infections, like Thrush, even if it's not pierced. Once its pierced extra care must be taken with cleaning to prevent infections. I can't stress enough how this piercing in particular must be looked after carefully! The average navel piercing costs between $60 and $85 dollars and it would be a waste, and a nasty scar, if it need to be removed due to a lack of care.