Navel piercing is done mainly by young, you can say, young girls. Guys decorate their belly much less often and, as a rule, these are Europeans and Latinos. People in our country were divided into two camps: youth for piercing, and the fashion for it has been preserved for several decades; men and women in age are more conservative in this matter.
As a result, the question arises as to whether navel piercing is worth doing. In the photo, such an ornament looks playful and seductive, but often a puncture of such a delicate part of the body as the stomach brings a lot of pain and problems. Let's try to weigh the pros and cons.
How do piercings
A piercing is a puncture of a soft tissue. The least painful procedure will be if you pierce parts of the body with a small number of nerve endings and blood vessels. The abdomen is quite sensitive, and any traumatic manipulation will cause severe pain. This is one of the main disadvantages of navel piercing. And the plus is that any invasive intervention is performed with local anesthesia. So during the procedure itself it will not hurt. But the healing period may be delayed.
How do navel piercings do? Despite the invasiveness of the procedure, all manipulations take several minutes. The process can be represented in separate stages:
- Marking the puncture site. It is marked with a marker.
- Disinfection of the navel and parts of the abdomen.
- Fixing skin folds for a couple of minutes before puncture with a special clip. This is necessary for the outflow of blood, because of which the skin loses its sensitivity.
- A puncture with a disposable sterile needle, which the master takes out of the package in front of the client.
- Placing earrings made of medical steel, titanium or any other inert alloy or metal, such as gold.
- Re-disinfection.
The procedure is simple and takes a minimum of time. Therefore, in some salons, the price tag for navel piercing starts at 500 rubles. But there are masters who can ask for their work and 5000 rubles. excluding the cost of the decoration itself. Moreover, a high price does not mean high quality services.
It is worth remembering that the puncture should be performed in a clean, almost sterile room, and in no case at home.
Healing period
It takes some time for the channel to form after the puncture. The ears heal most quickly, in 3-4 weeks. Navel piercing healing is much slower: the average is 4-6 months, sometimes it can take up to a year and a half. However, within a few weeks after the procedure, there should be no pain and redness, and especially purulent discharge. Such alarming signs indicate that an infection has occurred, which means you need to see a doctor immediately.
During the healing period, it is worth giving up tight tight clothing. Preference should be given to things of a free cut, from natural breathing fabrics. Avoid any traumatic situations during which there is a risk of catching the jewelry. You can not engage in energetic sports, visit the sauna and pool, lose weight or gain weight. When you take a shower, the wound should be sealed with a band-aid.
The question arises about how to care for the skin after piercing, than to process the navel. Theoretically, any disinfectant is suitable. But in practice, wounds that are regularly treated with alcohol solutions and brilliant green heal worse. Therefore, it is worth choosing a more gentle means, for example, Miramistin or Chlorhexidine.
Contraindications
Piercing any part of the body is always a risk. This is one of the main disadvantages of navel piercing. And the advantages of such a design of the tummy do not always outweigh, because we are talking about human health. An absolute contraindication is pregnancy. However, some masters are not so categorical. Puncture really can not be done when the girl is in position. However, if a piercing is already available, then the earring can be left for the entire period of the first trimester. Then the decoration will have to be removed, and the channel overgrown. Although some advise to insert a fishing line during pregnancy - so the load on the stretched skin will be minimal, and the hole will not grow.
There are other contraindications, for example, infectious and chronic diseases, skin problems, the body’s tendency to appear scar tissue, etc. It should be remembered that assessing the body’s readiness for a puncture is the responsibility of the person who wants to get a piercing.
pros
A beautiful and seductive tummy is the main plus of navel piercing. And there are many disadvantages of such an ornament, from an aesthetic point of view. Anyone understands that a ring, barbell, spiral or rhinestone looks good only on an even, taut belly with perfect skin. If there is a tendency to overweight, then it is better to refuse piercing
In addition, it is believed that decoration on the stomach reduces the cost of the image as a whole. And if you want to show off with an open belly in front of your loved one or on the beach, where appropriate, this is one thing. But not all girls can afford to bare their belly in everyday life, especially if their work involves a business, official style of clothing.
Minuses
We have already mentioned some of the disadvantages of belly piercing. But there are others, for example:
- The risk of infection, which is possible even with proper care.
- The likelihood of getting an ugly scar on the place where the piercing was supposed.
- Long healing period.
- Refusal for a long time from habitual occupations and an active lifestyle.
- We will have to learn how to take care of our tummy so as not to injure it accidentally during a change of clothes or intimacy.
- Soreness of the procedure. Not all patients tolerate local anesthesia (usually lidocaine and similar drugs). But even if during the procedure the abdomen was anesthetized, then in the future it may begin to hurt.
To summarize
After all the pros and cons of navel piercing are indicated, it is worth considering whether such a decoration is necessary in principle. There is nothing wrong with this procedure. However, the risk of possible complications often outweighs, and the girls refuse a piercing.
In addition, it is not necessary to make a puncture to decorate your tummy. Many successfully use fake piercing - trompe l'oeil, which are attached to a special glue. Large rhinestones look especially good, which completely fill the cavity of the navel. A big plus is that immediately after attaching, you can not deny yourself anything. The only thing that can happen is that the decoration will disappear. But this is not a big problem, since it can be glued again.