I'm going to pierce my belly button soon and I'm going to do it with my best friend (who lives in a different city-- I'm going to do it when I go visit her) anyway, she says that she doesn't know any good piercing studios.. this might sound like a really stupid question but is it OK to pierce your belly button at a hospital? Or should I wait until I travel this summer and go to a real piercing studio? Heeeelp! :confused:

Hospitals, at least in my area of the world, don't do piercings. So you need to go to a professional studio that is clean and has trained staff. You run the risk of getting diseases such as hepatitis, which is uncurable and can be deadly, if you get pierced with an infected needle.

But where I'm from hospitals do do piercings I'm not sure if they're professionals but my family tell me its safer to do it at a hospital and my friends say the same things but I think I should go to a pro because I'm not sure if the people at the hospitals are pros (even though its one of the best hospitals where my bff's from) don't know

If it goes wrong then a hospital is the best place to be... :p

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Originally Posted by gcXmwahXrw

I'm gonna pierce my belly button soon and i'm gonna do it with my best friend (who lives in a different city-- im gonna do it when i go visit her) anyways, she says that she doesnt know any good piercing studios.. this might sound like a really stupid question but is it ok to pierce your belly button at a hospital? or should i wait until i travel this summer and go to a real piercing studio? heeeelp!!:confused:

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I think it's OK doing it at a hospital. I have 8 piercings on my ear, and I did it there.
And I'm getting my belly button done 2 :]

Yeah I have 6 piercings in my ears donw at the hospital but I don't know if a hospital is OK for body piercings..

Hmm, sounds like you may be trying to hide this from your parents, am I right? Be careful, an infection at the abdomen would be painful and dangerous you know.