This particular piercing adventure started when I got pregnant. As my stomach grew each month, I wanted more and more to have my navel pierced. Now of course you are not able to get any modification work done while you are pregnant, so I had 9 months of thinking about my navel piercing. Everyday I would get up, do my normal routine, and throughout the day I would look down and wish I had a navel piercing.
At A Glance Author MadFad Contact MadFad@bme.anon When A week ago Artist Claire Studio Skin Dimensions Location Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada After my son was born, my stomach went back to normal, or as normal as your stomach can be after being pregnant. I had no weight gain, but I had a lot of excess skin (being 5 feet, 100 pounds, and my son was born at 8 1/2 pounds). Once I saw this, I figured that my navel would never be pierced. I began to feel worse and worse about my stomach, especially since I was only 17 at the time and all of my friends still looked great. I kept thinking if only I could have my navel pierced, at least there would be something nice on my stomach. As my stomach slowly shrunk down I developed a little hood like piece of skin above my navel. Once I saw this I thought that maybe I could get this pierced, as I doubted my stomach could be pierced with the skin being as loose as it was. As soon as any stretch marks (scar tissue) I had healed, I ran down to my piercer.
My husband, son and I went down to my piercer's shop, Skin Dimensions, on a Saturday morning, as Saturdays are walk-in days and don't require an appointment. My shop is about a 15-25 minute drive depending on the traffic, and we arrived at the shop just as it was opening. I ran into the shop and blurted out that I wanted my navel pierced, if it could be done. Claire (my piercer) said that it could be pierced and I was ecstatic. She went and autoclaved my jewelery and prepped her room. I was sitting in the 'waiting room' area, barely able to sit still, I was so excited. She called me back, and I went in. She made the entry point dot and the exit point dot, I okayed it, and layed down.
I don't remember feeling nervous. I don't even remember feeling that normal jittery feeling, where I expect the pain, I was very calm for this piercing. I think it's because I had been thinking about this particular piercing for so long, that the pain wasn't even a factor in it. I do remember laying there, extremely excited, that I was finally going to have this piercing. I was so happy that I could finally have some jewelery there and feel good about myself again.
She put the clamp on and it hurt. I'm not sure if it was just because I had some scar tissue on my stomach or if thats just a sensitive spot for a clamp, but that part wasn't fun for me. She lined it up, and it only took a minute, although it felt much longer. I remember just laying there wishing that that clamp was off. Clamps are never a pleasure, but this one took the cake, By far the worst clamp experience I ever had. Once she was ready she told me she was going to pierce it, I breathed in deep, and I didn't even feel the needle go through. Completly painless. I had that great euphoric feeling that I always have after a piercing, and a mix between shock that I had it, and happiness. She slid in the jewelery and I was good to go. I got up and looked at it in the mirror and it was love at first sight. I couldn't stop looking at it.
My navel piercing was by far the easiest one, the least painful and my favourite. Instead of looking down at my post-pregnancy stomach and longing for my pre-pregnancy stomach, I look down and see my beautiful piercing and feel great about my body again. I especially love this piercing because no one will really have the same one as I do. Mine will always be original and unique. I turned a part of my body which I disliked into my favourite. This piercing definitely improved my self-image.
I guess my navel piercing isn't a traditional navel piercing, there is a lot of the bar showing, but it was pierced that way. It does its job, looks great, and I love it. I left the shop feeling great. I still can't stop looking at it and I can't believe that it is finally here. If you're thinking about this, I'd say go for it. For me, there was no pain, and its a great piercing.