My navel is number 8 on my list of piercings and has many motivations. I have been getting various ear/facial/oral piercings for a little over a year now and got tired of getting piercings in that region of my body and I also didn't feel like babying nipple or genital piercings. Also, it's a piercing I wouldn't have to worry about hiding/removing for any job I might work at over the summer. A definite plus when all my other piercings other than my tongue web are in plain sight and that I live in the more or less conservative midwest. Besides that, I have adored my girlfriends navel piercing for over a year and finally decided that I myself had to have one.
At A Glance Author Nick Contact Nick@bme.anon Artist Crazy Dave Studio Affinity Body Art Location Sioux Falls, SD For a long time I really didn't like the idea of navel piercings on guys let alone myself. For some reason though, that suddenly changed and I was soon hypocritically craving the all too familiar 14 ga. hole going through the fold of fat above my bellybutton. I am more than aware that in all reality it's not an incredibly attractive addition to my furry stomach but I had to get it for myself nonetheless. I hadn't wanted a piercing this bad since I decided I wanted my eyebrow pierced. I soon felt incomplete as a person and needed to fill the void. I now consider my eyebrow piercing to be a part of my natural anatomy that had been missing since birth. When I look in the mirror, it appears as natural to me as my nose or mouth.
It worked out great that only a week after I decided this that I'd be coming home from college for Easter and would be able to get pierced by Dave, by far the best piercer I've ever seen in my area. His technique is impeccable, and he runs a very clean studio. If you live in or around Sioux Falls, I highly recommend him above any other shop in the area. Dave has also done my eyebrow, helix, and tongue web, all of which have turned out great.
I spent the week prior to getting pierced annoying/weirding out everyone with my excitement and craving for a navel piercing. Anyway the week soon crept by and before I knew it, it was Friday and I was back home with cash in my pocket and fiending for my new hole. My best friend went with me and so did my girlfriend who was getting her helix pierced that day. We get to the shop and I tell Dave what I want to do, pick out the jewelry, fill out the paperwork and wait for him to set up. I soon head back to the piercing room and take a seat in the now familiar dentist-style chair. Meanwhile we're all making jokes about how I'm getting a traditionally feminine piercing so I turn decide to play the part of a Turbo Slut and jokingly ask Dave if he wants to see my tits.
After all the necessary preparations Dave is ready to pierce. I've seen Dave do at least a dozen navel piercings, none of which seemed to be particularly painful judging from the piercee's reactions. I have to admit though, even though the procedure went perfectly smooth (in true Crazy Dave fashion) it hurt more than I had expected, that might be just because I went into it with prior expectations. Nonetheless, Dave did a great job as always and I was left with a perfect blue ring in my navel and I was happy. My feeling afterward far exceeded the amount of satisfaction I had hoped to gain. I felt very complete and content again with this new addition to my collection of holes. Next to my eyebrow this piercing makes me happier than any other piercings I have.
The Next Day. . . .
As excited as I was when I got, I had some doubts about how I'd feel about it the day after. Well, I woke up the next morning, looked down at my new ring and still felt just as good about it as I did when I just got it. Now all I have to worry about is taking care of it for length of time it usually takes to heal one of these things. I don't think I'll have any problems and hopefully it won't migrate out quickly. It's pierced deep enough though so I think it'll be just fine.
If you're a guy, and want a navel piercing, don't worry about the gender-bender factor of it and just do it. If you're at all worried about what you're friends would think, are they really that great of friends if the can't get over a hole in your body? I'm certainly glad I did. I think it's very strange how navel piercings on girls have become almost mundane but for guys, it's considered to be kind of out there. My point is don't worry about what anyone else might think, do whatever it is that makes you happy, whether it be tattoos, piercings, implants or other modifications.
Hope I've helped. Have Fun,
Nick