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Nowadays body piercing is gaining immense popularity among people located across the globe. In fact body piercing is nothing but a practice by which a part of human body is punctured so that body jewellery can be worn in it.

People used to piece their ears, nose, lips and tongue for various reasons. Most people got this done either as part of their religion or for enhancing sexual pleasure. Ear and nose piercing could be traced even in 1500 BC. On the other hand, lip piercing and stretching were found among American and African tribal cultures. However, piercing of various body parts gained popularity after Second World War mainly among gay male sub culture.

Naval piercing also known as belly button piercing is a kind of body piercing but unlike ear piercing the time taken for healing is pretty less. In navel piercing the actual navel is not pierced and it is usually the upper rim of the naval that is pierced. Naval piercing is gaining immense popularity among people and has become one of the most common forms of body piercing.

The main advantage of naval piercing is that it allows you to wear several kinds of body jewellery in it. Generally navels are pierced with barbell which is advised to be worn until piercing heals completely. Once healed, you can wear variety of jewellery like simple curved barbells, barbells with dangling pendants and captive bead rings.

When it comes to navel piercing certain standards have been established. A typical navel barbell should be 1.6mm in thickness and 9.5mm in length and often referred to as 14-gauage post.

Models like Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington have been trend setter in navel piercing. In fact the demand for navel jewellery increased only during early 90’s when top models started sporting their belly button rings on stage. With time passing by belly button piercing became as common as ear and nose piercing.

Girls perceive belly button piercing to be very sexy and the average age of girls getting their navels pierced seems to be 14 years. In fact girls feel that wearing jewellery on their navel would only enhance their appearance. Many feel that their belly would look bear if derived of navel jewellery. Thus belly rings gained immense acceptance among people.

Despite its growing popularity, body piercing stills remains to be controversial in many parts of the country. Some religions resist body piercing considering it to be unethical primarily because body is considered to be the gift of god. On the other hand few corporate have set limits on piercing displays.

Off all the exiting body piercing, belly button rings are most popular more so in America. This growing demand has resulted in designing of wide variety of belly rings both in gold and silver at most affordable prices. When it comes to demerits of body piercing, allergic reactions, infection, scars, physical trauma due to tearing or friction of piercing site and oral trauma as a result of dental fracture are common. However these can be avoided to a great extent with the support and assistance of professionals.