Hi I'm 14 n I was wondering if anyone out there has any tips or a step process for a self piercing ur belly button?

Ladyviper

That is such bad advice, she is not even of legal age to have it done professionally, doing it herself could only cause problems. You don't let a child do something just because they want to, if so my 9 year old would have a tattoo and a mohawk.

hopeful_help

so i think u should ask ur parents but if u really reallly want it and u have thought about it for months then u can try to do it urself but thats a decision only u can make... but the best way and safest way would be professionally done..

Rockabilly1955mama

I agree. Good post.

BrennaBear

Alright, I'm almost sixteen, I've done my belly button twice on my own, I've done about seven ear piercings, my nose, and my lip. My friend is a piercer and he agrees that I'm good enough to give advice. The trick is to make sure it's not too shallow but it's not too deep. You might want to buy two rings, one for while it's swollen [the first you put in] and one for after the swelling goes down. Swelling is a pretty usual part of piercing. But if you make it too shallow, then it will migrate [force] it self outta your body. The infections are pretty bad. To clean it you want to soak something like a cotton ball in a salt water solution. apply one three times a day the first time you want to do it for about ten minutes every other time you want to do it for about five. Use an anti bacterial soap to clean it and make sure you put some on the ring and push it through, to disinfect the inside of it. You don't want to take it out. seriously. they can close up pretty fast and they're a to get back through.

and to the guy talking about how someone obviously doesn't have a kid, I do. And if they don't learn to express themselves then we'll all be boring stuck up s.

BrennaBear

ooh. and keep from putting alcohol, peroxide, things like that on it, because it makes it take longer to heal.