Belly Piercing Story – Determination!

By: Ashley, Austin, Tx, USA

Belly Button Piercing Story

I had wanted to get my belly button pierced ever since I was twelve years old. My 16th birthday rolled around in April and I decided that would be an appropriate time to ask. Well, I asked, and got, the classic answer, “No!” My parents would not budge. To my dad it was inappropriate and to my mom it was up to dad.

So I wasn’t getting anywhere. I was pretty upest and was determined to get my belly button pierced. November came and still hadn’t gotten anyhwere so I decided to take matters into my own hands and pierce it myslef.

So on night I pierced it with an earring stud and then the next day when to get the hole stretched so that a standard sized barbell would fit in the hole. I got a barbell with clear stones at the top and bottom. I loved it!

My mom got home from work that day and I went out to her car lifted up my shirt so she could see and she was pissed! She got used to it about an hour later and decided it wasn’t all that bad. Score I got mom’s approval now the trick was keeping it from dad.

Well that was easy to do! January comes and I started noticing that the hole began to get thin so I went had had a piercer look at it and he told me that my body was rejecting the piercing. I was upset! So I took the barbell out and let it heal.

So I talked to my mom and ask her if she would take me to get it professionally done in 3 weeks. She agreed! I was so excited and anxiously awaited the day! So three weeks past by ever so slowly and that night we drove to Platinum Ink and when we walked in we went up to the desk and told the man that I wanted to get my bellybutton pierced.

He asked for our driver’s licenses, made a copy of them, and gave us a stack of papers to fill out. We filled the paper’s out and returned them to the man at the desk and then I picked out the barbell that would sit in my stomach for the next 6 months.

Jason (my piercer) called us back to the room where I would be pierced. He first marked me to with a purple pen and asked me to look in the mirror to make sure that I liked the alignment. Then I was asked to lie on a dentist like chair. He stuck the needle in then put the jewelry in and I popped up out of the chair and ran to the mirror to look at my new piercing!

I was in love with it! I was so excited and couldn’t wait to show everyone except for my dad of course.
In June we were at my brother’s baseball tournament in Houston, Texas and I was going to work out so I put on my sports bra and realized that I had forgotten my shirt in my suitcase. I didn’t know that to do because my dad was right outside in the room.

So I just waited for a little bit. Low and behold he bust in and see’s my piercing! He was like what is that and I was like my bellybutton ring and he asked who took me and when I got it. I told him that I went myself and got it for my birthday.

LIE! He wasn’t too happy. He quickly got over it and not another word was said about it! I got lucky on that one! I absolutely LOVE my bellybutton piercing and would suggest it to anyone considering getting it done!

17 comments

  1. OK SO HERES WHAT HAPPENED I GOT MY BELLY PIERCED BELOW MY BELLY BUTTON AND ON TOP. I’VE BEEN IN A LOT OF PAIN. TODAY I FINALLY SHOWED MY MOM AND SHE WAS PISSED I HAVEN’T SHOWN MY DAD BUT I DON’T THINK I’LL SHOW IT TO HIM UNTILL NEXT SUMMER.

  2. i am a parent of a girl fixing to be 14 years old and i would like to know where we can go to get hers pierced, i ve only heard of platnum ink is there anywhere else in austin tx to get this done

  3. i really want my belly done, my best friend has got hers done, and my other friend got hers done today, im so jealous of them.
    my dad says i can have it done, but my mum says im too young. and i cant get my dad to take me to have it done cos they are split up and i live with my mum ):

  4. i had my belly button done when i was 12 my dad works in a tattoo shop and does tattoing and piercing i have 2 holes in each ea and really want my tragus done :L but belly button doesnt hurt x

  5. im 11 12 in july i REALLY want mine done but my mum n dad wont let they say i can have it dun wen im 14 but i dont want to wait that long ARRRRRGH !!!!

  6. I WAS 22 WHEN I GOT MINE DONE IT DOES HURT BUT ONLY FOR A SECOND AND THAN AFTER THAT IT DOESN’T HURT, JUST MAKE SURE YOU WEAR LOOSE CLOTHING SO IT DOESN’T GET STUCK ON YOUR SHIRT OR ON ANYTHING ELSE. BUT BE SURE IT’S WHAT YOU REALLY REALLY WANT. MY MOM WAS MAD BUT MY DAD WAS REALLY REALLY MAD THAT I GOT IT DONE. SO JUST MAKE SURE IT’S OK WITH YOUR PARENTS BEFORE YOU GET YOUR BELLY PIERCED

  7. i had mine done wen i was 11 and im 12 now haha lol i got it dun a week b4 my 12th b-day ive had i dun 4 3 months now 😀 it looks great! x

  8. I’m 13 years old and I am going to get it done at the end of the month.
    I’m so scared but at the same time I am happy
    my mom is getting one too!!
    my dad is mad at me because he thinks I am so young..
    but I don’t care 🙂 lol I am going to do it!!..
    xoxo

  9. i turn 14 in June, and i went to get it done when i was 12 but i was tooo small 🙁
    so im getting it done thursday!! (23rd April 09) soo excted, but nervous..
    my mum and dad both sed its okay,
    i was surprised about my dad… haha x

  10. hi lol x i have had mii belliee button pierced since i ws 9 :O i dnt see whats rong with it really x i lluv it and it has become a part of mee i recomend it!! i feel lost wiv out mii belly bar :/ ?

  11. does it hurrrrt because im haveing mine done friday and im a bit scared of it getting infected so have u got and cleaning tips for me thannks
    laraa

  12. omg!im 11 and ima be 12 this year and i want mine so baddd!ive wanted mine scince i was,yur not gunna believe this,scince i was 5 years old!i saw it on my preschool teacher and i asked her wht it was and she told me and i asked my mom (wen i was 5) and she sed hell no!but now that im 11,ima ask her wen im 12 and hope she sez yeah.i have my 1st and 2nd hole in my ear and my cartlage.i did have my third hole but i let it grow up.im getting it again in like a month.iloveyourstory!!!!:)

  13. BAHHH! IM SO FRIGGIN JEALOUS! i have wanted mine done for 3 years! and my mum and dad wont let me get it done and everyone elses parents let them get it done but my stupid parent wont i want it done for my 13th bday tomorrow but they wont let me!!!!!!

  14. is that a pic of your belly button? i got mine done when i was 14 and a lil chubby and when i got older and lost weight i lost skin around it and now it looks like that. but everyone elses is deeper but now that i see yours like that too i realize it still looks great!

  15. well ivwe been dieing to get my belly button done and my mum said wait till im 13 i was thinking of doin it myself but i though it would hurt so now for christam im getting it done and my dad doesnt know but who cares lol

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