| Hollywood has a way of promoting fashion. When the | | | | least 14K), silver, surgical steel, titanium, niobium, rhodium |
| showing of bare navels was restricted during the | | | | etc. Avoid as much as possible the gold imitation, |
| 1940's, it came out with a great idea. They covered | | | | sterling silver and silver-plated ones as they could |
| the navel with a jewel. Placing of the jewels in the | | | | cause irritation that might lead to infection. Avoid base |
| navel was popularized by belly dancing pictures of the | | | | metal materials that are coated and covered which |
| time. The result, people started to believe that a jewel | | | | could easily break. Avoid those that could easily tarnish |
| in the navel is part of the middle-eastern culture. It is | | | | and corrode when it gets in contact with body fluids |
| not. It was only a devise invented by Hollywood | | | | and those that may contain allergens. For people who |
| filmmakers to get around with the prohibition but the | | | | are sensitive to metals, a special plastic called Tygon |
| idea caught on and no one was complaining. The idea | | | | are good replacements for belly button rings. |
| was ridiculously great. You can imagine until now the | | | | To prevent infections, have your piercing done only by |
| smug smiles on the faces of directors and costume | | | | qualified practitioners. Doing the piercing otherwise |
| designers of the era. | | | | could lead to problems like infection and body poisoning |
| Like any good idea coming from Hollywood, placing | | | | even with properly sterilized instruments. Nerve |
| accessories on the belly button has not been forgotten | | | | damage can also be a possibility when done by an |
| and has now evolved to be belly button rings. | | | | amateur. |
| Belly button rings today for the most part are | | | | Pregnant woman may wear their belly button rings up |
| considered necessary accessory to many as the | | | | to the fifth month of pregnancy or when the skin in the |
| length of shirts and blouses go up and the hip line goes | | | | belly starts to stretch significantly. |
| down. The belly for many will look bare if it does not | | | | Belly button piercing will take a while to heal depending |
| have anything to show on it except the bare navel, | | | | on the individual. The first days after your piercing have |
| and so the belly button ring found its route to popularity. | | | | the belly button captive bead ring removed by the |
| Belly button rings come in so many varieties that are | | | | shop where you got your piercing. When your belly |
| fun, pleasing and attention catchers. Belly button rings | | | | button heals, ask the shop to replace the captive bead |
| could be flashing, dangling, logo and pieces of artwork | | | | with the new belly button rings. |
| that are a gem designer's craft. | | | | When inserting the belly button ring, it is important to |
| Placing belly buttons rings will require piercing. Any | | | | wash your hands with anti bacterial soap for at least |
| piercing creates wounds and wounds could get | | | | four minutes. While inserting the body jewelry, |
| infected. If you find therefore that belly buttons are | | | | massage both holes with the finger that is pinching the |
| necessary accessories, you have to first, know which | | | | skin adjacent to the belly button holes. When the belly |
| materials should be used to adorn that belly and the | | | | button ring is secured, clean the belly button ring once |
| procedures to take not to be on the sorry side. | | | | more to reduce the chance of infection. |
| The safest materials for belly button rings are gold (at | | | | |