| Hollywood has a way of promoting fashion. When | | | | The safest materials for belly button rings are |
| the showing of bare navels was restricted during | | | | gold (at least 14K), silver, surgical steel, titanium, |
| the 1940's, it came out with a great idea. They | | | | niobium, rhodium etc. Avoid as much as possible |
| covered the navel with a jewel. Placing of the | | | | the gold imitation, sterling silver and silver-plated |
| jewels in the navel was popularized by belly | | | | ones as they could cause irritation that might lead |
| dancing pictures of the time. The result, people | | | | to infection. Avoid base metal materials that are |
| started to believe that a jewel in the navel is part | | | | coated and covered which could easily break. |
| of the middle-eastern culture. It is not. It was only | | | | Avoid those that could easily tarnish and corrode |
| a devise invented by Hollywood filmmakers to get | | | | when it gets in contact with body fluids and those |
| around with the prohibition but the idea caught on | | | | that may contain allergens. For people who are |
| and no one was complaining. The idea was | | | | sensitive to metals, a special plastic called Tygon |
| ridiculously great. You can imagine until now the | | | | are good replacements for belly button rings. |
| smug smiles on the faces of directors and | | | | To prevent infections, have your piercing done |
| costume designers of the era. | | | | only by qualified practitioners. Doing the piercing |
| Like any good idea coming from Hollywood, | | | | otherwise could lead to problems like infection and |
| placing accessories on the belly button has not | | | | body poisoning even with properly sterilized |
| been forgotten and has now evolved to be belly | | | | instruments. Nerve damage can also be a |
| button rings. | | | | possibility when done by an amateur. |
| Belly button rings today for the most part are | | | | Pregnant woman may wear their belly button |
| considered necessary accessory to many as the | | | | rings up to the fifth month of pregnancy or when |
| length of shirts and blouses go up and the hip line | | | | the skin in the belly starts to stretch significantly. |
| goes down. The belly for many will look bare if it | | | | Belly button piercing will take a while to heal |
| does not have anything to show on it except the | | | | depending on the individual. The first days after |
| bare navel, and so the belly button ring found its | | | | your piercing have the belly button captive bead |
| route to popularity. | | | | ring removed by the shop where you got your |
| Belly button rings come in so many varieties that | | | | piercing. When your belly button heals, ask the |
| are fun, pleasing and attention catchers. Belly | | | | shop to replace the captive bead with the new |
| button rings could be flashing, dangling, logo and | | | | belly button rings. |
| pieces of artwork that are a gem designer's craft. | | | | When inserting the belly button ring, it is important |
| Placing belly buttons rings will require piercing. Any | | | | to wash your hands with anti bacterial soap for at |
| piercing creates wounds and wounds could get | | | | least four minutes. While inserting the body |
| infected. If you find therefore that belly buttons | | | | jewelry, massage both holes with the finger that |
| are necessary accessories, you have to first, | | | | is pinching the skin adjacent to the belly button |
| know which materials should be used to adorn | | | | holes. When the belly button ring is secured, clean |
| that belly and the procedures to take not to be | | | | the belly button ring once more to reduce the |
| on the sorry side. | | | | chance of infection. |