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Posted by airheadgenius

 

 (It is hopefully redundant to mention that this is not my body)

 Oh the back of Amboabe's post:

I had my navel pierced over a dozen years ago, back when my stomach was very flat. My friend came with me - a stunning man that I later had a three year relationship with and fancied the pants off from the moment I saw him. The guy doing the piercing assumed we were a couple and, after he was done, turned to my friend and said "don't lick it". A delicious moment.

I'd expected it to hurt like hell. I'd read in some crappy magazine that Madonna had fainted. But there was just some pulling and fiddling about and, as I was bracing myself for the pain, the guy said "you're done".

I loved my navel ring. I had a barbell with a big (fake) diamond at the top and a ball inside my navel. I displayed it proudly for years and years.

Pregnancy kinda ended that look for me. At about 6 months, my obgyn took it out without asking. She was replaced with a midwife the week after since her interventionist nature was abundantly clear, but eventually it would've had to come out anyway. Just when my belly was in reasonable shape to put the piercing back in, I got pregnant again and so left it bare.

When kid mark ll was about two years old, I found out I had celiac disease and abruptly had to change my diet. It was a pain in the arse, but my remaining 10lbs of baby weight fell off in no time and I decided to get my belly pierced again. I still had the old jewelry and so took myself off to the shop where I'd gotten my nose, belly and a tattoo done - NY Adorned on 2nd. I felt kinda self conscious when I went in - a woman of a certain age asking for her navel to be re-pierced, but I was proud of my slimmed down body and really wanted it done again. This time, the piercer was young enough to be my son.

He did the job and told me it was $20. I was beside myself with glee and gave him $40.

It wasn't just the way it looked that got to me. It was the fact that I was back!

So now I've got a piercing that I love on a distinctly wobbly belly. In all honesty, I'd rather my toned stomach was back, but even my much less than perfect body is adorned with a symbol from before and after. And i love it.

So, Date Machiners, how do you feel about piercings--love or loathe? Plus reasons please.

 

Today's Daily Knob is someone on this site who has a pierced lip and is ultra sexy and gorgeous, but I am not allowed to write about a specific profile. Anyway, this goes out to you sexy and gorgeous pierced lip man, who shall remain nameless.

 

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Posted Jan 12 2009, 08:46 PM
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LydiaSarah said:

You're not the first person I've met who's said that getting their navel done didn't hurt. I don't get it, for me it hurt like hell--and bled and bled and bled. I was lucky though, because since that first week of distinctly unsexy bleeding and bruises, it's never gotten infected once. I feel like I was born with it.  You have answered some questions for me about the fate of navel piercings during pregnancy. I fully endorse post-partum re-piercing. You shouldn't have to have a rock-hard stomach to get a navel piercing. For me, it's about doing something fun that makes you feel sexier and more positive towards that part of your body, no matter what "imperfections" it may have (we all have them).

January 13, 2009 2:07 AM

Synthoid said:

I just want to say that there is no need to take your navel piercings out when you are pregnant. Most piercers should have PTFE jewelry (Cut to length implant grade plastic). It's lightweight, hypoallergenic, and can be switched back after you give birth.

January 13, 2009 4:22 AM

Adey said:

i had my navel done years back before my youngest son was born

i liked it - i thought it was kinda cute...i never wore anything too conspicuous or flashy but yeah i got a wee kick from it

i had no problem with it during my pregnancy - two days before i had my boy my obgyn even commented on how cute it still was

then i had him and my body rejected it - within 3 days it just fell out

now i have a weird little scar that i find pretty sexy actually and have no desire to get it done again

and yeah it didnt hurt for me either

January 13, 2009 9:48 AM

profrobert said:

I hate getting punctured, and looking at things sticking through others' bodies just squicks me (I'm not even a fan of the old-fashioned pierced earlobe).  With people with facial piercings, it's even hard to hold a conversation with them without my brain screaming, "YOU HAVE SOMETHING STICKING THROUGH YOUR FACE!!!  ICK ICK ICK ICK ICK!!!"

January 13, 2009 4:23 PM

Epiphany said:

I had my navel pierced when I was 19 and it didn't hurt at all, and healed beautifully. I had a simple bead ring and loved it. Two years later, it was getting repeatedly  injured in contact improv, so I swapped it out for a curved barbell hoping that would remedy the problem. I lost a ball in class, took the jewelry out, and went to buy a new piece at lunch an hour later, only to find my piercing was closing. I had it stretched to my original gauge...THAT hurt like a mother. A few weeks and a couple of keloids later, I decided it wasn't worth it anymore. I mean, at that one, Britney Spears had a belly ring, for chrissake.

January 14, 2009 1:49 AM

airheadgenius said:

Lydia -that's so weird! Mine didn't bleed at all or get infected. I had to force myself to do the bacitracin regimen because it didn't seem to need it. Yeah, they are kinda cute on any body shape I think.

synthoid - for sure there's no medical reason to remove the piercing, but if you leave the original jewelry in, the hole will stretch out to a very unattractive slit after the babe is out. My belly stretched out into an enormous ball (small woman, large babies) and my belly button protruded. It was uncomfortable enough without a piece of irritating jewelry perched on top of it. So yeah, you don't need to remove it, but you might want to.

adey - that's even weirder. Never heard of that before.

prof - relax! take a vitamin or something.

epiphany - now I have to go google contact improv. This is why I never get any work done!

January 14, 2009 8:40 AM

profrobert said:

Hey, don't complain.  You asked, "Love or loathe?"  I gave you a straight answer.  Don't complain if I give you an answer you don't like.

January 15, 2009 1:40 AM

jermyn said:

Navel rings are hot.  Assuming, of course, like anything... the adorned has the body to pull it off.  I saw a woman with an exposed midsection walking down Hollywood Blvd yesterday who was proudly rocking a flamboyantly flailing piece of belly jewelry and fantastically flabby muffin top.  Kinda ew.

January 15, 2009 10:40 AM

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