Title: The Belly Button Piercing that WORKED!
Author: Riz
Complications: Doing the piercing too many times because the hole closed up
End Result:After piercing it a lot. I finally have the barbell in and it's
Happy with the Result: YES! I saved a lot of money
Date Done: April 23, 2003
Story: I have pierced my belly button a lot of times with a safety pin. The first time I pierced it and left the safety pin in my belly button for a week, but then took it out because I didn't have a banana barbell yet and I put too little skin pierced. Then I pierced it again after I bought the banana bell on December 26, 2002. I pierced it like 2 weeks after I bought the banana barbell. I put the safety pin in again and left it in there for 2 days� but when I tried to put the barbell in, it didn�t fit, so the hole closed up anyways.
Then I pierce it again like 6 weeks ago with a safety pin. I left it in there for a day, and then I tried to take it out and put the bell in� it didn�t go in and the top hole closed up. So I pierced new top hole, but it was off to the side. Then I pierced it again and it was off on the other side. Then I pierced it once more and I got it perfect. I left the safety pin in for like 4 days and I got in pools and took baths instead of showers. I did everything to get it infected so the hole would�ve gotten bigger.
Then I stuck the end of a sewing needle through the hole with the safety pin. Then I threaded the sewing needle and took it out so the string would in the hole. Then I cut the string from the needle and stuck the needle back through. So I had a sewing needle, 2 strands of string, and a safety pin in the hole. Then I pulled the sewing neele and the safety pin apart, so the hole would get bigger.
I started to put the belly button ring in the middle of the 2 needles, but it wouldn�t fit. I took out the safety pin and I tried again, but it only went in half way. So I took out the sewing needle and left the string in so I wouldn�t lose my path. Then finally then banana barbell went in, so I took out the piece of string.
Then I put the little ball back on the ring and I was done. I put rubbing alcohol all over the needles and I burnt them with fire, so all bacteria was gone. After the ring was in, I put rubbing alcohol on the belly button everyday and Neosporin. It�s looking great today. I haven�t been putting rubbing alcohol and Neosporin on it everyday anymore, because it�s doing fine without it daily. It sometimes gets crusty, but it�s going to be doing that for a while, but not that much crust. I hope you enjoyed my self piercing story.
Needle: A safety pin and a sewing needle
Gauge: Very small
Purchased: My house
Cost: Free
Jewelry: Banana barbell
Gauge: 16G
Purchased: Icing
Cost: $16.00 + tax
Aftercare: Rubbing alcohol to clean it, and Neosporin for healing
Purchased: Grocery Store
Cost: Less than $10 for both rubbing alcohol and Neosporin
TOTAL COST: About $18 because I only paid for the banana bell, because I already had the rubbing alcohol and Neosporin at home
| Information: I did the piercing myself because my parents wouldn�t let me get it done professionally� and I�ve done it a lot before anyways, so I wasn�t fearful of the effect! |