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INTERESTING HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON BODY PIERCING
Body piercing has been practiced for as long as five thousand years. It has, in the beginning, as it is now, been used as a personal expression, a religious ritual, an official, or royal distinction, or more often recently, a trend in fashion.

It began with the first tribes and clans, the oldest human races. The jungle tribes in South America, Africa and Indonesia. The religious castes of India and the Pharos of Egypt. The philosophers of
Greece and the soldiers of Rome. Then all the way up to the middle classes, and the aristocracy of the 18th and 19th century. It was all but forgotten in Europe during the early 1900’s, what with two world wars, and the concerns of a growing world, until the 1970’s where it found itself being nurtured by London’s pioneering fashion gurus and artists in the Underground!

By the 1990’s, piercing had finally reached the attention of the entire globe closing the link from the ancients, to the modern.

HISTORY OF NAVEL PIERCING
Navel piercing is a modern invention and has never been recorded in primitive cultures; however, the navel has long been recognized as an erogenous zone because of the difference between men and women’s stomachs. Women’s stomachs differ from men’s in that they are more rounded in the lower part, are longer than men’s, have a greater distance between the navel and genitals, and are more deeply recessed than men’s.

The first records of navel piercing stretch as far back as the ancient civilizations of Egypt. Then it was only the Pharos and their Royal families who were permitted to pierce their navels. Peasants who broke this rule were executed! However, if a peasant girl was born with ‘The perfect belly button’ she was sometimes permitted to have it pierced, and therefore to elevate her social standing.

The navel is now one of the most popular piercing.

HISTORY OF NIPPLE PIERCING
Nipple piercing was once considered a sign of strength, virility and endurance.
The natives of Central America once pierced their nipples as a mark of the transition to manhood. The honor guard of the Roman Caesars’ would also pierce their nipples to show their strength and duty to protect their emperor. It was said that it was their nipple jewelry that held their cloaks in place!
In the 1890’s it was all the rage for Victorian women to pierce their nipple with jewelry sold by the famous jewelers of Paris. Some even had both nipples pierced and hung silver chains from one to the other. Now in the new millennium, it is becoming far more common.

PLACEMENT
There must be a well-defined lip to be pierced, usually on the top, but if there is a lip on the bottom it may be pierced there as well. Rings are pierced lower down at a different angle to the navel jewels; so if you really want a navel jewel you’re better off getting it pierced with one at first.

HEALING PROCESS
The navel is a depressed scar that tends to collect dirt, and if not dried properly after bathing can become subject to fungal infections i.e. Candida Albicans (Thrush) even if it’s not pierced. Once its pierced extra care must be taken with cleaning to prevent infections. One can’t stress enough how it must be looked after carefully!

Navels take a long time to heal because the navel is on your waist, which is like the hinge of your body. It’s subject to a lot of movement and your clothes constantly rub and irritate the piercing. It usually takes 3 – 4 months to heal, but it can take up to 12 months for some. The only difference between a healed and unhealed navel is a very small amount of redness just around the area where the ring pierces the body and it’s hardly visible. The healing time depends on a variety of factors: health, weight, diet, clothes, profession, and most importantly how carefully you care for it.

If you’re worried about having difficulty getting the piercing to heal then you should consider getting pierced with a barbell like style. They get knocked around less than rings and therefore heal a lot easier. You are also able to change them yourself, whereas you need pliers to change rings and this is difficult to do by yourself. MyBellyRing.Com’s rings can be changed without the use of pliers.

The first 4-5 days your navel will look fine, then you will start to get a very small amount of redness where the ring pierces the body. Next you will start to get crusting around the ring. This is just dead white blood cells from the healing process. The piercing will discharge small amounts of milky fluid. This is not a sign of infection, it’s just the result of your body trying o heal a wound with a foreign object in it. If the discharge becomes thick and yellow, or you develop any pain or excessive redness, this is a sign of possible infection. See your piercer or doctor right away.

After 6 – 8 weeks the discharge and crusting should lessen and there should only be a small amount of redness around the piercing. The piercing is not fully healed until all redness disappears. If you stop cleaning it before it is fully healed you may develop an infection. Some good word of advice: Never assume it is ever fully healed. It is always best to regularly clean your piercing.

PREGNANCY
There are several options available to keep your navel piercing once you become pregnant. You can usually keep your original ring in the piercing till about the sixth month of the pregnancy. At this stage the expansion of the skin means that you will have to either take the ring out, replace it with a larger one, or a piece of fishing line. Fishing line will keep the piercing open till after the pregnancy when you may replace the jewelry. If you have removed the jewelry and the hole has closed up it can be re-opened.

THE DO’S AND DON’T's TO HEAL YOUR NAVEL PIERCING
Use a mild antibacterial soap or sea salt in the shower twice a day. Cup your hand under the piercing and soak it for 1-2 minutes. Make sure when washing to ALWAYS rotate the ring. If this step is not taken your skin will start to heal around your jewelry and may tear the inside of the wound when jewelry moves. This is painful and can lead to infection.

DO – Make sure you dry your navel thoroughly after cleaning. This should be done with a paper tissue as towels can harbor bacteria. If you have a very deep navel you should clean it every day using a clean cotton swab soaked in warm water taking extra care to remove any dirt and dry it properly afterwards.

DO – Use tea tree oil as it promotes healing and lubricates the wound reducing tenderness. Apply a small amount with a cotton swab after cleaning then move the jewelry gently so it gets into the wound. Remove any excess with a tissue as leaving it on can cause the skin to become irritated. It may be purchased at supermarkets in the medicine section.

DO – Continue to apply a drop or two of tea tree oil daily after the piercing is healed or the wound can become tight and dry.

DO – Use antibacterial soap or sea salt to cleanse your piercing. Stay out of oceans, public pools, and Jacuzzi’s.

DO - Make sure that you wash the piercing carefully after exercising or sweating a lot as sweat acts like acid and can cause the wound to become aggravated.

DO – Give the piercing some sunshine as it helps the body produce Vitamin D which helps promote healing. It also helps dry the wound and minimizes infection

DON’T – Pull you naval up to look at the piercing as this will aggravate the wound. It’s there for other people to see. If you want to see it looks in the mirror.

DON’T – Turn the ring in the piercing for the first 3-4 weeks. Move it very gently and only enough to remove the crusting. After that you can turn it enough for cleaning. Moving the ring constantly while it’s dry aggravates the wound and delays healing.

DON’T – Use Mentholated Spirits or alcohol on the piercing as they are very astringent and can damage the wound. Don’t use Hydrogen Peroxide or Beta dine because they destroy the cells that form scar tissue. Don’t use creams or ointments as they keep the wound moist and hamper the healing process as well attract bacteria?

DON’T – Wear tight clothes such as pantyhose, tight jeans or skirts during the healing process. They can cause the piercing to grow out, which means that the piece of flesh taken by the piercing gradually diminishes until the ring finally comes out; after the piercing is healed you may wear anything you like. Try to avoid synthetic fabrics that don’t let the wound breath. Try to wear clothes that give the piercing as much fresh air as possible.

DON’T – Remove the ring during the healing phase because you will lose the piercing. Don’t replace jewelry until you’re fully healed. Silver body jewelry is especially dangerous as the silver oxidizes in the wound, which can cause allergic reactions and “Argyria” a permanent black mark inside the wound. Never wear silver body jewelry

DON’T – Hang chains or charms on your navel ring until the piercing is fully healed. They can get caught and tear the wound and hamper the healing process.

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