Navel Piercing Do's and Don'ts

[nessum]

I haven't had a navel piercing... everyone had one when I was in school... mostly done with safety pins (ewww) so it was never a very appealing piercing. Besides that it does take longer than any other piercing to heal.

Salt water is good for healing piercings, but AVOID fresh water & pools. MMM... infections.

As for catching, well, like I said I haven't had the navel done, but catching a piercing even after it has healed is excruciating, so just have her be careful.

I've been dying for a new piercing since I had to get rid of my labret due to gum recession well over a year ago. I really want a vertical labret or a regular lip ring but figure that if my reg were to snag on one........ it might hurt just a tad..... *passes out at the very thought*

Refer her to www.tribalectic.com for further piercing questions. And make certain to find a reputable piercer.

 

[Marebythesea]

Question for the women out there.

My wife is considering having her navel pierced.

I am interested in the opinions of you who have had your navels pierced as to how it affects your diving, IE. hangs up on wetsuits, etc.

I also understand that it takes several months for this area to actually heal so how does that affect diving as well?

Kevin

Kevin...I pretty much agree with everyone else including that salt water is soothing and healing. Just a reminder though, everyone is different. Mine was sore for only about a month and I never had any problems, but I was also diligent in following all the instructions given me, have a very high pain threshold and am not prone to infections. I am allergic to different metals though, so I had a gold ring put in. I went diving right away and made sure the clothing I wore didn't rub against the piercing.

I love my belly ring and would not hesitate to do it all over again...

 

[hypnodean]

I have my nipple pierced, and I spent a couple days in sea woter shortly after it was done. MUCH faster healing period than anyone I knew who had it done.

I'd say if the piercing shop is reputable and clean, you will find ocean water good for it. I have never caught it on anything, BUT during my OW cert, the instructor used me as demo subject for a rescue and grabbed it- now THAT hurt!

 

[Eli]

It is really beyond me why anyone would mutilate themselves this way. Maybe I'm just getting old, but anything much beyond pierced ears sends a shiver down my spine.
It reminds me of my Mom saying, "If everybody jumped off a cliff, would you follow?"

People who get their bodies pierced probably are unaware of the original meaning of the act.
Any body piercing, even an earring, marked you as someones slave, their personal property.
It is referenced twice in this context in the bible, the first in Exodus. In the Exodus passage, the rule was that a slave had to be freed after seven years. If the slave didnt want to be freed, he/she was to have their ear pierced in a ceremony at their masters door, marking them as their masters property for life. Exodus 21:
"If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. ........
But if the servant declares, 'I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,' then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life."


In Psalm 40, King David proclaims his servitude to God:
"Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but my ears you have pierced "

So even having your ears pierced marked you as someones personal property! It didnt say what nipple or navel piercing meant .

 

[H2Andy]

In Psalm 40, King David proclaims his servitude to God:
"Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but my ears you have pierced "

actually, this is a controversial passage, and the verb "pierced" has
been interpreted to mean "deafened" as with sound. Just in Psalm 41,
David says, "Thou hast coldplay shaped of the very clay, to pierce
mine ears with cacophanous adoration."

and let's not forget 3 Malachians, where the prophet mourns,
"Yea, as the Lord has smitten his people, pierced their ears with
the roar of led zeppelin."

that, by the way, is where led zeppelin got their name from.

 

[MgicTwnger]

and let's not forget 3 Malachians, where the prophet mourns,
"Yea, as the Lord has smitten his people, pierced their ears with
the roar of led zeppelin."

that, by the way, is where led zeppelin got their name from.

For real? So just what does "led zepplin" mean?

 

[Eli]

actually, this is a controversial passage, and the verb "pierced" has
been interpreted to mean "deafened" as with sound. Just in Psalm 41,
David says, "Thou hast coldplay shaped of the very clay, to pierce
mine ears with cacophanous adoration."

The real meaning of the passage is that God was David's dive buddy.

 

[GQMedic]

Different spot but...

I had my ear pierced in the upper (cartilage) portion of my ear in December, and boy, when I put my hood on, YEEOWWWCH! It's now february, while it's still not healed completely as of yet, it's not so bothersome. In fact, I hardly notice it's there. I dive every weekend, this includes the weekend following the piercing, I kept the piercing very clean and did so 3 times a day for the first 6 weeks, never had a problem with infection getting out of hand, occasionally, some redness at the piercing sight accompanied by some drainage of fluid when the piercing was aggravated by my hood in the beginning.

The navel will more than likely be an equally tender location and subject to more chafing, rubbing, irritation for reasons of location and the wearing of underwear and pants when not diving, if diving dry or wet and want to protect the site while it's healing, a 4 x 4 piece of gauze taped over the location will do nicely, post dive, clean it up and you should be fine. Infection is always a risk in regard to new piercings, even for people who don't dive. Keep this in mind.

 

[SueMermaid]

Actually, my cartilage piercing on my ear took a year to heal, and gave me far more trouble than my navel.
Now it has cpmpletely healed, I haven't worn an earring in it for like two years. psh.

 

[Kat]

Led Zeppelin:

This is the first time I have ever heard that stort, H2Andy.
I had always heard that Led Zeppelin got their name from Keith Moon of The Who. When he heard Jimmy Page & Robert Plant had put a band together he declared that they would go down like a lead zeppelin. (A lead balloon)