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Also, what size belly bar should I get?
The default size for belly bars is 10 mm length and 1.6 mm thickness, which should be suitable for most belly button piercings. However, if you’re not sure what size you need you can measure the one you’re currently wearing. Despite the default thickness being 1.6 mm, some people prefer a 1.2 mm belly bar.
Similarly, are stainless steel belly bars Safe?
Steel Belly Bars
Surgical steel is a specific type of stainless steel that is biocompatible and skin-friendly. Wearing non-surgical steel body jewellery could lead to irritation and sore piercings.
How often should you change belly bar?
In general, expect to wait three months to a year before you‘re able to switch out the original jewelry. A good sign that it’s done healing is that you can move it easily. The skin around your piercing should also look more or less the way it did before you got pierced.
What happens if your belly bar is too small?
Bad things will happen getting pierced with a piece of jewelery that doesn’t accommodate for swelling. You should have been pierced with a longer then normal bar in case it swells. … If you were pierced with a bar that’s too short don’t go back there! A good piercer knows better then that!
Is it normal to feel the belly bar?
It is normal. Depending on the length of the bar, the amount of skin and any swelling the bar may not extend further than the length of the pierced hole. … If the piercing was pierced shallow, you will be able to feel it with just gently rubbing your fingers across the skin.
What is the shortest belly bar length?
Length Conversion (eg. 3/8″ 10mm)
| Millimeters | Fractional Inches |
|---|---|
| 8mm (short length) | 5/16″ |
| 10mm (standard sizes) | 3/8″ |
| 11mm (standard sizes) | 7/16″ |
| 12mm | 1/2″ |
Is it bad to wear high waisted jeans with a belly button piercing?
It is recommended that you do not wear high waisted jeans to your piercing appointment. … After you have your belly button pierced, high waisted jeans would compress the new, sore site and potentially snag your jewelry. This will only lengthen the healing time and may even cause permanent trauma to your skin.
Do you have to have a flat stomach to get a belly button piercing?
It’s not a matter of can/can‘t, but rather should/shouldn’t. The shape of the navel doesn’t matter too much, any navel can be pierced if there is enough tissue depth to the skin available above or below the navel.
What does a rejecting piercing look like?
Symptoms of piercing rejection
more of the jewelry becoming visible on the outside of the piercing. the piercing remaining sore, red, irritated, or dry after the first few days. the jewelry becoming visible under the skin. the piercing hole appearing to be getting larger.
Can you get the bottom of your belly button pierced?
A Bottom navel or belly button piercing is nothing but just a regular piercing that has been inverted or reversed. This kind of bottom navel or belly button piercing is best if you have more skin to hold onto on your lower side of the stomach. … It migrates in a much slower process than other surface piercings.
