How to Pierce Your Belly Button

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Buy a belly button piercing kit.

   Make sure that includes a 14 g piercing needle and a clamp.
   
   You'll also need sterile gloves, antiseptic, cotton balls, a body ink marker, a mirror and some jewelry.
   
   Your first piece of jewelry should be small and thin.
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   Step 2: Pick the location for your piercing.

   Typically, people pierce an area above their navels.
   
   Hold some jewelry against your navel until you find the right angle and location.
   
   Mark both the entry point and the exit point of the jewelry on your skin using the body ink marker. , Put on your sterile gloves. ,, Use the clamp in your kit to hold the tissue in place. , Pull the needle through the hole and thread the jewelry through right after the needle. ,
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   Step 3: Wash your hands with soap and water.

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   Step 4: Put antiseptic on cotton balls and rub the antiseptic over the area that you plan to pierce.

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   Step 5: Pinch the fold of skin that you want to pierce.

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   Step 6: Stretch your skin taut and push the needle through in a swift motion.

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   Step 7: Secure the end of your jewelry to make sure that it stays in place.

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