How do you pierce your own belly button?

Answer 1

You should really get it done by a professional.

Wikianswers is not a venue to provide how to information that can lead to serious personal injury.

The reasons you should not attempt to pierce your self should be obvious, but for those who think it's a "DIY" project, here's some food for thought.

Infection and contraction of MRSA, HIV, Meningitis, Hepatitis and Tetanus are all very serious health issues, MRSA is an antibiotic resistant bacteria that can in most cases land the unlucky individual in the hospital (and has been responsible for serious deformities and deaths). These infections has been caused by using unsterilized equipment and materials. Sterilization is not achieved by pouring alcohol over needles and jewellery, or burning these items over a fire or exposed flame. Microorganisms live in the fine fissures and cracks in needles and jewellery and only the high temperature and pressure of a steam Autoclave can render these and many other bacteria harmless.

The above reasons alone should be enough to sway anyone from thinking they can do it themselves. Professional body piercers have years for hands on training and education to enable them to make any piercing "look simple", when in fact they are considering dozens of things when they lay out a piercing and actually do it. So consider your lack of knowledge, training and skills before you attempt to do any self piercing, once you pierce it, it's damaged tissue. This makes it even more difficult for a professional piercer to leave you with a great looking piercing when the area we have to work with is damaged by self inflicted attempts.

Answer 2

DONT! Almost 83% of piercings done by yourself to yourself have resulted in infections! Simple: DON'T DO IT Worst idea ever....when you do it yourself there isn't even a risk of infection, there's a GUARANTEE of infection. You need a specialized 14 or 12 gauge needle so don't be a fool and try to use a safety pin. I've seen that go wrong so many times in my life. SAVE YOUR MONEY and get it done professionally. Or have a messed up bloody bellybutton for about a month. Your choice.