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The navel is one of the most sensual and erogenous parts of your body and what better sight than glittering belly piercing jewelry teasing one from a well toned slender stomach. There was no sign of navel rings until 1994, when super model Christy Turlinton not only introduced but also immortalized the fashion of body piercing. She walked the ramp at a fashion show in London flaunting her bare midriff with a ring in the middle of her navel. Following her Naomi Campbell flaunted her bare midriff with a gold belly button ring.

there is a great variety of body jewelry available for navel piercing; surgical steel rings, 14k and 22k gold plated surgical steel, titanium rings, rings with charms on them and captive bead rings, barbells and labarets. You can also have crystal beads or gold plated beads as an extra feature on any of the available rings. And after the piercing is healed you can hang a charm off the ring or put a waist chain through it. Navel jewels can also be worn, they are like a bent barbell with a small ball on top and a larger ball on the bottom which has a gemstone set in it, the gemstone sits in your navel

the two most common designs for belly piercing jewelry are the belly ring and the belly bar. Piercing is done with either the rings or the curved bars. The curved bars have two balls at each end, to close the bars. Normally, these balls have inscriptions or pictures on them.

While selecting navel jewelery, two measurements should be kept in mind the width of a ring and the diameter of the bar, which refers to the length of the bar. Jewelery comes in varying sizes and thickness or the gauge of the piece. Thin jewelery will have larger gauge numbers and vice-versa. The typical size for a belly button ring is 14g 7/16′ but now belly rings in any gauge and in any length from a quarter to one inch are freely available.

The most commonly used material is steel. Plain or surgical steel with acrylic or steel balls are used for piercing. The other choices in metal are gold 14 carat or 18 carat. Titanium and silver are all used for belly piercing jewelery. The use of nickel is not recommended.

Belly button piercing is the second most pierced body part after the ears. Belly piercing jewelery is very sensuous both to wear and watch.

People who choose to wear rings in their belly button often forget that there is the option of wearing reverse belly button rings. The name comes from that fact that the ring is structured in such a way that it fits into the bottom of the belly piercing and hangs from the top. Apart from being fashionable the ring also has a lot of advantages which is apparent to its users once they wear it.

A majority of the popular belly rings that are presently available in the market are the top down belly button rings, dangle belly button rings and the playboy belly rings. These often come with various zodiac sign symbols and playboy tag attached to it for girls who want to display their sensual side as a wearer of the ring.

Nowadays diamond studded rings are also available for the rich and the famous in all well know and fashionable jewelery shops in town.

ADVANTAGES OF REVERSE BELLY BUTTON RINGS:

1. The primary advantage of a reverse belly ring is that it is considered much safer to wear in comparison to other standard rings. It is structurally designed in such a way that it makes the ring hard to get attached to clothing, which happens to other types of belly rings.

2. It is also an often occurrence that other sort of belly rings can get caught to a passing object or person and if it accidentally gets torn off it may cause severe pain to its user. Belly ring wearers are often aware and cautious of this scenario and want to avoid such painful incidents under all circumstances.

3. Reverse belly button rings also come in a number of fashionable shapes and sizes to suit the varied taste and style of its wearers. The most popular shapes include butterflies and flowers. If you are looking for something simpler you can go for bar shaped piercings which displays a smart and elegant look.

4. Whether you are looking for a trendy one or for a simple looking fashionable belly rings, reverse belly button rings are always there to serve you with a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Compared with standard rings, these reverse belly button rings have much more variety.

5. Another major advantage of the reverse belly rings is that the typically hanging look of the object makes it more fashionable to buy than the normal ordinary belly rings and if you haven’t considered buying one yet it’s time that you consider wearing one now.

A vertical labret piercing, which is often called a snake bite piercing, involves two horizontal piercings on the opposite sides of the mouth which makes it looks like a snake bite.

Among all type of piercings lip piercing has become extremely popular and fashionable nowadays.

However it is extremely important to keep your lips clean with a snakebite piercing as it helps to prevent infections in the pierced area.

In order to keep your keep your lip piercing clean here are thirteen killer tips that may help you to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

1. Make sure that you wash your hands clean of all contamination before you touch your pierced spot. If someone else touches it other than you make sure they wash their hands before touching your piercing.

2. If there is any inflammation after piercing be sure to take Ibuprofen with medical guidance to keep the swelling and tenderness at a bay and reduce the pain in the affected zone.

3. Consult your piercer and take Vitamin B along with zinc supplements before the piercing procedure and after the piercing to improve your healing.

4. Clean the pierced area with mild antibacterial non-perfumed soap and lukewarm water and rinse it with a cotton ball.

5. Gently remove any crusty build up that may have formed around the pierced area with warm water at least twice in a day.

6. Brush your teeth twice daily with a soft bristled toothbrush and medicated toothpaste containing low fluoride contents. Floss your teeth after brushing which helps to get rid of the bacterial formation inside the oral cavity.

7. Rinse your mouth with saltwater to speed up the snakebite piercings healing process.

8. Rotate your piercing jewelry at least twice a day so that it does not get stuck and make you land up with an improper healing of the pierced zone.

9. It’s best to avoid drinking, eating or smoking within the first couple of hours after the piercing.

10. Sanitize your mouth after eating, smoking or drinking with a medicated oral sanitizer.

11. Completely avoid any sort of oral sex till the wound has healed completely.

12. Preferably eat ice creams, yogurts, cold foods or suck on chipped ice lollipop ice-cream or keep an ice block inside your mouth twice in a day for the first two weeks after piercing. It has been observed that cold things help to reduce pain and reduce the swellings after snakebite piercings.

13. Do not remove or try to replace the jewelry under any circumstances unless it is recommended by the piercer, as the pierced holes closes up very quickly and it becomes extremely painful to reinsert the jewelry in case of such occurrences.