navel piercing

Midriff body modification

A navel piercing is a body piercing through the skin at the edge of the navel, typically the upper rim, with jewelry—usually a curved barbell or ring—inserted through the hole.

Popular since the 1990s, it's one of the most common body piercings after ear piercings: She showed off her new navel piercing at the beach.

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barbell · body modification · midriff · crop top · tank top · low rise jeans · body jewelry · bikini · gem · titanium · surgical steel · healing · infected · crusted · aftercare · saline · rejection · belly chain

Categories
Opposites
cultural connotation

navel piercingconservative dress

Restrained, traditional clothing

unpierced

modification permanence

navel piercingtemporary tattoo

Impermanent skin decoration

body paint · henna · body glitter

Family

navel, piercing, navels, pierce, pierced, pierces, piercingly

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG