I've always really liked piercings. The look of that glint of jewelry on flesh is just so beautiful to me. I've done my ears my self in a similar method to the following story. I know the way I do it is not sterile or safe, but if you want a piercing badly I doubt there is anything I can do to change your mind.
At A Glance Author anonymous When Six months ago Artist Myself Studio My bathroom Location IL
During lunch one day I was sitting and eating with some of my girls and one of them flipped up the bottom of her shirt to show us a tiny little barbel through the top of her navel. It looked SO CUTE!! She told us she did it herself, and that it didn't hurt at all. She even tugged on it. We all "ohhhhed" and "ahhhhed" at it. Immediatly I knew I needed one. It was so pretty.
My mom hated piercings. They were not allowed. She said I could not get any until I was eighteen. Looking back from her point of the argument, I guess I can sort of understand not wanting your teenage daughter putting holes in herself. "Absolutly not, no, no, no, a thousand times no!" she would say over and over, and eventually the arguement would end with me being sent to my room in a fit of rage. "You do not understand!!" I would wail. And it was true. My mother does not understand the pressure to be an individual. I wanted one so badly I was willing to risk infection and anything else. I needed this piercing to prove I had control over my body, if only a little. Now it was not just having a piercing. It was asserting myself as a human being that can think for themselves.
On a day that I knew my mom would not be home until very late at night (she was working) I took a needle from the sewing kit and a hoop earing that I have had forever to my bathroom, along with my cellphone.
Lying down on the cold floor, I rolled up my shirt and positioned the needle at the edge of my navel from the inside going out. Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath and pushed the needle forward.
It hurt like a motherfucker!! It bled a little and I was biting my tongue so hard to keep from crying I thought I would bite right through, and I had to stop halfway through to take a break from the pain.
I snapped a few pictures of the needle halfway though my navel with my cell phone and sent them to a couple of my girls before lying back down to continue. I thought about calling my friend for help, but decided against it, figuring she would hold the information above my head like black mail (like threatening to tell my mom). I do not have very good friends, I know.
It seemed to take forever to get the needle all the way through. When I finally did I took another break to snap more pictures, but when I tried to sit up the needle poked into my stomach. I don't know how long I waited until the pain subsided, but it seemed like forever and a half.
I did not want to take the needle out because it hurt so badly, but I knew I had to. I could not just walk around with a needle sticking out of me!
I took the ring and put it by the hole. As I slowly pulled the needle out I pushed the ring in. This process was tedious and took a long time, not to mention it was SO PAINFUL. I had to pause several times, the pain was making me dizy. And it seemed like I was pushing at the wrong angle, because I kept pushing but it would not budge.
It turns out that I got stuck. I think the needle was too small, because the ring just would not go through all the way. I pulled it out, thinking maybe I put it in at the wrong angle, and I when I tried again I could not even get it through the hole! After messing with it for almost a half hour, I finally gave up and wiped my navel clean with some toilet paper, and got ready for bed. I could not do it.
I might try to re-pierce it someday, but I guess I should have the proper equipment! Maybe I can ask my friend to help me. DO NOT DO WHAT I DID! It was stupid and painful, and now I have a little white bump of scar tissue on my belly button. It is very unsightly. I say you should either get it done professionally or have someone who knows what they are doing around to help you. Happy piercing!