Your Thoughts on Belly-Button Piercings

[Miltonchix]

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And another one!!
Keep observing, not joining. You're a good kid.

 

[PortageGirl]

To each their own. It's really none of my business if others want to do that or other piercings or tattoos. Some are so goofy looking, they distract me into noticing, but even then it doesn't give me a right to critique them, just hard to avoid noticing. Maybe it's a cry for attention?

If it was a child of mine, I would prefer they waited till they were off my health insurance to do anything other than the most traditional of pierced ears, but especially mouth or tongue piercings because of the harm to teeth that frequently causes.... (plus they sound really silly when talking, mostly at first, but plenty even later. It's pretty laughable in those cases.)

 

[Miltonchix]

One of these days the surgeon general is gong to make the big announcement that "Long term effects of ............................(fill in your scarring choice) ................has been linked with..."
Stupidity.

 

[PineappleMama]

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You saw Grease right? The needle, ice cube, and apple?
DIY isn't just for home improvements, and as far as I can tell, never has been.

I think it's hilarious that every generation we say "look what these kids are doing"
And yet we somehow forget that our parents (grands, etc) said the same thing about us.

It's ALWAYS been that way... whether you're talking about piercings or those new fangled ordinaries or even *gasp* automobiles. Women not wearing corsets, men no longer wearing hose... the list goes on and on. Every generation brings change, and historically many people have a problem with change.

Me, so long as you aren't making ME poke a hole in myself then I got no problem if you want to. But, don't be blaming me when folks don't want to do business with you because your appearance scares the crap out of them. (IE the fella who came in to work to sell cash register tape/etc and had holes all over him... did NOT set a 'good business example' of a salesman... leastways according to the other peeps in the shop. You want to clash with the norm, then you have to live with the effects of it. No one forced you to go with that "look" On the same note though, if you wanted a tattoo and the fella at the shop looked like Urkel or Screech you might decide to go down the road a piece.

 

[Catstar68]

Does it really matter what these affectionate people do-so long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses!~attributed to Beatrice Stella Tanner (Mrs. Patrick) Campbell, English actress (1865-1940).

 

[mom'sfolly]

I like them, but I'm a fat old girl these days. If I was twenty and thin, I'd have one. I don't think they are inherently trashy. I think they are far more attractive, on far more people than eyebrow or lip piercings are. I have a dear friend who used have her nose pierced. She didn't want it pierced, and she hated it; but in her culture all young, unmarried girls had them. Grandma insisted, so she had it done. Different ideas for different cultures.

Personally, I'm not a fan of most facial piercings, or stretched ears...I just don't find them attractive.

As for side affects of piercings....cartilige piercings have been linked to metal sensitivies. So a belly button is better than the upper ear.

 

[twentynine]

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Say What?

Drs interfered --- closed up belly button.

Not really-- I think your belly button would "close up" all by itself.

Yes, I guess by the rule, every baby born had a hole there, but it don't take a Dr to close it up. Nearest I can see it closes up all by itself, Drs don't sew it closed.

No holes that the Good Lord didn't give, for me.

Personnal freedom, sure go ahead, get whatever you want pierced.

I won't even be judgemental, I'll simply keep it on a logical level -- for me.

How much does a piercing cost (including dangly thing stuck in it)?
How much does a tattoo cost?

Me, I ain't got no money for useless decoration. It ain't like painting the house, where the paint performs the usefull purpose of protecting the home.

 

[mamagardener]

I think they are much better for a teenager to get than a tattoo. They can be taken out or covered up easily, and they are not permanent.

 

[AngieChick]

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I agree, though usually it's not a cry for attention but more of simply having a different sense of fashion.

Body art and body modification has been done for millennia, people have also probably complained about it for just as long. I think belly button piercings are cute, on a fat or thin person. I like seeing people of all sizes that are comfortable enough and confident enough to go with any style that they choose without thinking "I'm too fat for a belly button ring". That's something I would think about myself, and it's very heartening to me to see people enjoying life without those hangups about their appearance.