Fashion Makes Sense With Belly Button Rings
Author: Robert Thatcher

Hollywood has a way of promoting fashion. When the showing of
bare navels was restricted during the 1940's, it came out with
a great idea. They covered the navel with a jewel. Placing of
the jewels in the navel was popularized by belly dancing
pictures of the time. The result, people started to believe
that a jewel in the navel is part of the middle-eastern
culture. It is not. It was only a devise invented by Hollywood
filmmakers to get around with the prohibition but the idea
caught on and no one was complaining. The idea was ridiculously
great. You can imagine until now the smug smiles on the faces of
directors and costume designers of the era.

Like any good idea coming from Hollywood, placing accessories
on the belly button has not been forgotten and has now evolved
to be belly button rings.

Belly button rings today for the most part are considered
necessary accessory to many as the length of shirts and blouses
go up and the hip line goes down. The belly for many will look
bare if it does not have anything to show on it except the bare
navel, and so the belly button ring found its route to
popularity.

Belly button rings come in so many varieties that are fun,
pleasing and attention catchers. Belly button rings could be
flashing, dangling, logo and pieces of artwork that are a gem
designer's craft.

Placing belly buttons rings will require piercing. Any piercing
creates wounds and wounds could get infected. If you find
therefore that belly buttons are necessary accessories, you
have to first, know which materials should be used to adorn
that belly and the procedures to take not to be on the sorry
side.

The safest materials for belly button rings are gold (at least
14K), silver, surgical steel, titanium, niobium, rhodium etc.
Avoid as much as possible the gold imitation, sterling silver
and silver-plated ones as they could cause irritation that
might lead to infection. Avoid base metal materials that are
coated and covered which could easily break. Avoid those that
could easily tarnish and corrode when it gets in contact with
body fluids and those that may contain allergens. For people
who are sensitive to metals, a special plastic called Tygon are
good replacements for belly button rings.

To prevent infections, have your piercing done only by
qualified practitioners. Doing the piercing otherwise could
lead to problems like infection and body poisoning even with
properly sterilized instruments. Nerve damage can also be a
possibility when done by an amateur.

Pregnant woman may wear their belly button rings up to the
fifth month of pregnancy or when the skin in the belly starts
to stretch significantly.

Belly button piercing will take a while to heal depending on
the individual. The first days after your piercing have the
belly button captive bead ring removed by the shop where you
got your piercing. When your belly button heals, ask the shop
to replace the captive bead with the new belly button rings.

When inserting the belly button ring, it is important to wash
your hands with anti bacterial soap for at least four minutes.
While inserting the body jewelry, massage both holes with the
finger that is pinching the skin adjacent to the belly button
holes. When the belly button ring is secured, clean the belly
button ring once more to reduce the chance of infection.


About The Author: Robert Thatcher is a freelance publisher
based in Cupertino, California. He publishes articles and
reports in various ezines and provides belly button ring
resources on http://www.your-belly-button-ring.info.