The skin tends to shed the layers and so shallow piercings would find complications like migrations and rejections and wouldn’t hold themselves for a very long time. So while it might be safe to get pierced, your body would not be able to hold the piercing and might reject it. Here are some kinds of belly button piercings that might not be suitable for getting pierced:

• Protruding outie belly buttons
• Split outie belly buttons
• Circlet outie belly buttons
• Swirly/spiral outie belly buttons
• Belly buttons with umbilical hernias

How To Handle Belly Button Piercings During Pregnancy?

Now you might have a question that what you must-do if you are pregnant and have a piercing on your navel? Well, first of all, don’t fret! There are various options that you can use when you are pregnant and have a navel piercing. The first option that you can elect is the flexible PTFE and a threading tool to help you get a navel piercing.

You can convert your existing navel piercing into a belly button piercing by switching the previous surgical steel piercing with a length of PTFE. Cut the PTFE into the right length for your navel. Add some threads to either side of your belly button jewel using the threading tool and screw it on top of the ball and charm from the navel piercing that you are converting and voila! Here you go!

After you have delivered the baby, you might want to cut down the PTFE further to fit your existing belly size or you can simply go back to using the surgical steel navel jewel that you were wearing initially. There are hundreds of options that are available online or you can ask for recommendations from your piercing too.

You will also get options to externally threaded ends that you can combine yourself with a length of PTFE and make yourself your own pregnancy belly button jewel which will be tailor-made for utmost comfort. You can also get yourself an externally threaded ball with a loo on the bottom part by selecting the dangly charm on a navel ring that you like and then transfer the charm to the ball.