Decided To Get A Navel Ring
 

Thank you all for the great info and advice yesterday! You all helped me decide to get my belly button pierced! I'm still scared $hitless but I'm going to do it anyway!

I got one more question: what type of metal should the ring be? Stainless steel? Surgical steel?

Thanks for all your info! I really appreciate it!! :D :D

oh wow girl... ur brave..
i would think stainless .. not sure but i have heard that thats better .. plz someone correct me if im wrong ..
hey take a pic of it ... ive always wanted one but im too chicken... :eek:

Here are some cool websites to buy rings:

www.bodycandy.com
www.hotbodyjewelry.com
www.deserttrends.com
www.bodybangles.com
www.bodyjewelryshop.com

COOL - I wish I could do that..! I pierced my own ears at 14...but DOUBT I could stand the navel ring ....take good care of it afterwards - I've heard they can infect easily and THAT really hurts - but I bet you'lll be ok - Good luck :)

I'm chicken too!! I've been putting this off since last summer because I'm scared of the needle. But you know what? If I can get a tattoo (which is hundreds of little needle pricks) then I can get 1 damn prick for a belly ring! I've just got to close my eyes - I can't "see" the needle or else I'll flip out! :p

I'm the worst when it comes to needles... I refuse to get a shot of anything.. If it is medicine If they don't come in a pill they have to hold me down... But I did get mine pierced and the way he did it, it didn't hurt.. Just after it was done it felt weird. I was scared to sit up straight thinking I was going to hurt myself or stretch it. but other then that nothing..
Just make sure to wear hip huggers (low cut jeans) it is painful to get it caught the first couple of days. (I had to learn the hard way)..

No advice but go for it! You're right it's a one shot deal unlike tatoos!

good luck!!!! take pictureSSSSS !!!!

I have one and I love it! I was scared to do it, but had no problems at all with it. I thought it hurt less than getting the top part of your ear pierced. Anway..I have never had it get infected and I have a 14K gold butterfly ring in it. Good Luck!

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i had my bellybutton pierced 2 years ago. had to take it out ,it got
infected. make sure its healed before you change the belly ring..
thats what happened to me... it would go for surgical steel.....

OMG I'm the EXACT same way! Last year I had foot surgery and I had to have a blood test a week before the operation. It was a nightmare!! I ALWAYS faint when I get needles but especially when I have my blood drawn. And as always, I ended up passed out on the floor. I really really hope I don't embarass myself and faint when I have my belly button pierced. :(

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you wont faint, just dont look... i must tell you, it hurts for like 1 second
and its done....just take care of it...

That's what my friend told me ... don't look!

I AM THE SAME WAY! I HATE HATE HATE shots, but i'm ok with them. With blood work i am a WRECK!!!!!!!! i always have to get the butterfly needle and i FAINT with that one!!!! i can't stand needles!!!! if i hadn't gotten my ears pierced when i was a baby they would never be done!! good luck i want to see a pic of it!!!

I didn't look I had my friend hold my hand.. I probably hurt his hand worse then the ring hurt me.. lol

You won't feel a thing, I promise! When I had mine done, the guy said to take a deep breath, I did and he said, ok all done. I DID NOT FEEL A THING! Good luck and enjoy it. :D

I hope so! Thank you! I've got 2 ear holes on both sides, plus 1 ear hole on the top of my right ear. And the one on top didn't even hurt. So hopefully this will be smoothly too.

It's not that bad...
 

I got mine 9 years ago and still have it...I'd go with surgical steel....didn't hurt me that bad at all and I've never had a problem with it.

Yes, I have my belly pierced too and I LOVE IT!

I got mine done when I was 19....my parents rolled their eyes and said it was a phase, but here I am yeeears later loving it! haHA!! So there!

I also have my cartlidge pierced (top of my ear) and it hurt worse, trust me! It's true.

The thing about getting your belly pierced is that you don't know what it's like to feel pain THERE. So even when you do feel pain it's a werid kind of pain. And it's not very painful. Imagine someone pinching you there reeeeeally hard for like ten seconds, or less. No biggie.

Trust me, I'm the world's biggest wuss. Well not the biggest but I'm a big wuss when it comes to pain but this was no big deal!

I RECOMMEND: get your belly pierced with a hoop. PLEASE listen to me when I say this because if you get it pierced with a banana ring it WILL get infected. Get it pierced with a hoop, all the way around, that way when you wash it with Dial soap many times a day, you can spin the hoop around and around and the back around hte other way so you can get ALL the germs out.

And even if you think you're healed up, don't change the ring until the date recommended!

And when you're ready to start buying new, fun belly rings, eBay is the only place. I mean, they're $18-25 everywhere else, but on eBay they're like $4.99. You can't beat it!

Dude I can tell you ALL about it, so if you need to, PM me! Feel free girl.

I was chicken to change mine.. I waited almost a year before I changed it..
No I change it to match every outfit I wear.

Thank you! I have my top cartlidge pierced too (had it since I was 13). To be honest, what I'm afraid of is that they pierce you FIRST w/ a needle, then they thread the earring through. DOESN'T THAT HURT? I mean, they just poked a hole in your skin and then they are putting something else through it? It's double poking! That's what I'm scared of the most!

What do you mean a hoop? Can you post a picture? I'm not familiar with belly ring lingo. :D

Thank you! I have my top cartlidge pierced too (had it since I was 13). To be honest, what I'm afraid of is that they pierce you FIRST w/ a needle, then they thread the earring through. DOESN'T THAT HURT? I mean, they just poked a hole in your skin and then they are putting something else through it? It's double poking! That's what I'm scared of the most!

What do you mean a hoop? Can you post a picture? I'm not familiar with belly ring lingo. :D

you just feel a littl tug.. nothing big and it doesnt hurt

A hoop is a ring. It goes all the way around and the opening is closed with a ball of some sort. The place I got mine pierced didn't allow you to be peirced with anything but. Once you can change (i was terrified of changing mine too) I was afraid if i took it out i'd never get one back in. Now i have a curved barbell in there and i just change the balls on the end. it's less scary that way.

This is a hoop, similar to what mine was pierced with. It's not as cute but trust me, it's better for you while you heal up! You're more likely NOT to get infected and just take it out like many of my friends did, if you get it done with a hoop:
http://www.lostseaopals.com.au/shop/...belly-ring.jpg

The other kind is commonly referred to as a "banana bell" kind of belly ring. I have a zillion of those now, thanks to going crazy on eBay a few times over the years, LOL!

I got my latest "banana bell" one for $2! And it's a zipper! Silly, I know but it's really FUN! http://i15.ebayimg.com/03/i/02/7c/11/fc_2.JPG

I got my belly button pierced the day I turned 18. My parents weren't too happy lol! But they couldn't stop me because I was 18. It hurt a little, for a second. The funny thing is though they pierce it with a needle then stick the jewelry through the needle and take the needle out well the needle is open on one end to stick the jewelry through and the jewelry I wanted hung down below my belly button and she pierced it the opposite direction so I couldn't get that piece of jewelry. So, I am lying on the table with a needle in me and she says uh oh and i am like uhhhh that isn't a good sound to hear when you have a needle in you so she leaves me on the table needle still in to go find another piece of jewelry. I was trying so hard not to look at the needle. She ended up putting a plain metal bar in and even though I wasn't supposed to that night I switched it to the hanging flower that I had wanted. Well I got two pieces of jewelry for the price of one because of the mistake. This is not a horror story or anything it was amusing. I love my belly button ring, so don't be scared!

I have mine. MAKE SURE you get a surgical steel RING, not banana shaped. ONe that is in the shape of a circle -- much less chance of infection.

It doesn't hurt. ;) Swear to God.

LOL thank you! I just called them and they said they only use a ring. So that's good!

Ya'll making me want one - and I'm WAY older than you ! :D GOOD LUCK ! Pictures please when you get it done ? I think it's so sexy !

You are definitely NOT too old! 3 weeks ago I took my Aunt Phyllis to Studio Enigma and helped her pick out a tattoo! And she's 48 years old. She looks AWESOME w/ a tattoo! You're never too old to do anything.

You could get a little tattoo of your babie :D