Anyway, no matter what the ancient accounts say, navel piercings remain one of the most common kinds of piercing options today especially when it comes to pop culture which plays a huge role in the promotion of these kinds of piercing. It actually hit the industry when model, Christy Turlington got her navel pierced and flaunted it at the London Fashion Show in 1993. However, the increasing population of the piercing has been accredited to the Aerosmith music video for their song “Cryin’”, which debuted in the same year (1993) wherein Alicia Silverstone has her navel punched by body piercer Paul King. The comfortable disguise of a navel piercing with apparel, even throughout the healing process, has added to the broad approval of this piercing style.

What Are The Different Kinds of Belly Buttons?

Your belly button is actually a scar that was left when you were born. It is due to the removal of the umbilical cord which was connected to your mother during the pregnancy. The umbilical cord is known as the lifeline of the baby’s body when you are inside the womb of your mother which carried all the nutrients and blood flow from the mother to the child to help that fetus develop into a baby. When the cord is cut during the birth, the arteries and veins which helps to pump the blood and make it flow to other places are still linked with you behind your belly button scar. That is why people who are piercing [professionally know that this area is important and they try to avoid as many complications as possible during the process.

To know more about navel piercings, you must know a bit about the kind of belly buttons because each person has a unique belly button, just like our fingerprints! The belly button is one of the body attributes that make you who you are. While there are a few variations in how they look like we have explained before, there are a lot of belly button shapes! Take a look: