A Ball Captive/Closure Ring (BCR), captive bead ring (CBR), captive hoop, or captive ball ring is a common kind of navel piercings and in fact, body piercing style. The bead or the ball fits well into the small opening of the circle of the ring. It is a bit larger than the opening and has small markings that fit well to the endpoint of the ring so that it can fit well against the ring. This helps to complete the circuit of the ring! The most common way is to drill a hole through the bead so that it is easier to fit.

The material that Ball Captive Ring (BCR) uses is the natural tensile or compressive strength of the element the ring is composed of, mainly surgical stainless steel, niobium, or titanium, to keep the bead held at one place. The bead or ball itself could also be made from colored glass, acrylic or ceramic, or a gemstone.

Ball Captive Ring (BCR) is a popular kind of jewelry style because of the ease of removal it provides to the wearer. You can remove the Ball Captive Ring (BCR) just by removing the bead. The bead is held in one place so that it does not fall out. Moreover, because the shape is closed and the edges are rounded, these rings do not get stuck with clothing either. Thus Ball Captive Ring (BCR) is one of the most popular choices for the jewelry style especially when the piercing is under the healing process.

The only downfall to Ball Captive Ring (BCR) is that the circular shape that it has can drag the dried crust into the piercing which means that either one has to be super careful about the cleaning process or use a barbell instead just until the piercing has fully healed.

Jewelry that You Can Use for Your Belly Button/ Navel Piercing

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Belly button or navel piercing jewelry has become quite popular in the upcoming years and many new designs are spread all over the internet and market for so long. There have been many modifications too which looks cool. The world’s first kind of navel jewel was patented by Tymmy Toys navel rings now which Vogue published an article too in 2015. It talked of the beautiful circular captive rings and TummyToys snap-lock fasteners becoming the modern course for navel piercings. Most classes of ring or bar ornaments can be used in a navel piercing.