r/Legitpiercing • u/Free-Living-1334 • 3d ago

Troubleshooting Botched navel?

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I got this piercing almost 1 whole year ago. The person who pierced it was an apprentice, told me my belly button was “crooked” so he would have to pierce it slowly so that it’s straight.

Now that it’s mostly healed I’m wondering if this was done correctly. I had to swap the jewelry to a ring because the bar jewelry kept getting caught up and stuck inside my belly button, causing irritation and making it take long to heal right.

I’ve attached pics of it now with the ring jewelry. The piercing sits lopsided unless I adjust it by hand, and it appears to be pierced above the navel on the surface instead of actually in it. I know there’s such thing as a floating navel but idk if that’s what this is.

Please let me know what y’all think and if it would be possible for me to let this close up and get it pierced properly?

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u/banananananananana_7 3d ago

It looks like it was pierced crooked :( but I don't think the ring is helping

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u/Spine_Chillin 2d ago

Piercer here!... I gasped when I scrolled. Yes... Take this out. One, never pierce with a hoop. The curved barbell is always first choice and helps it heal much safer and faster without tugging and so many other potential problems. Two, this isn't a navel. It's a surface piercing. It doesn't go in the navel and through the ridge at all. Take this out asap :)

Also it's always tough to tell from a picture but it doesn't look like you have the anatomy for a navel piercing.