The belly button is one of the most sensual and erogenous parts of your body and what better sight than shimmering belly piercing jewels springing from a slim, well-toned stomach. There was no sign of belly button rings until 1994, when supermodel Christy Turlinton not only introduced but immortalized the body piercing craze. She walked the runway at a London fashion show flaunting her bare midriff with a ring in the middle of her belly button. Following her, Naomi Campbell flaunted her bare belly with a gold ring in her belly button.
There is a wide variety of body jewelry available for belly button piercing; surgical steel rings, 14k and 22k gold plated surgical steel, titanium rings, charm rings and captive bead rings, bars and labarets. You can also have crystal beads or gold plated beads as an added feature on any of the available rings. And after the piercing is healed, you can hang an amulet from the ring or put a chain around the waist. Belly button jewelry can also be worn, it is like a bent bar with a small ball at the top and a larger ball at the bottom that has a gemstone set in it, the gemstone sits in the belly button.
The two most common designs of belly button piercing jewelry are the belly button ring and the belly button bar. Drilling is done with rings or curved bars. Curved bars have two balls at each end, to close the bars. Normally, these balls have inscriptions or drawings.
When selecting belly button jewelry, two measurements should be taken into account: the width of a ring and the diameter of the bar, which refers to the length of the bar. Jewelry comes in different sizes and thicknesses or the gauge of the piece. Thin jewelry will have larger gauge numbers and vice versa. The typical size of a belly button ring is 14g 7/16′, but now belly button rings in any gauge and in any length from a quarter inch to an inch are freely available.
The most used material is steel. Smooth or surgical steel with acrylic or steel balls is used for drilling. The other metal options are 14 karat or 18 karat gold. Titanium and silver are used for belly button piercing. The use of nickel is not recommended.
The belly button piercing is the second most pierced body part after the ears. Belly button piercing jewelry is as sexy to wear as it is to look at.
