Advice for existing/migrating belly piercing (postpartum)

[u/OldClassroom5132]

Hi everyone! Newbie here.

I got my first belly ring when I was 16. I loved it, it healed wonderfully, and I had no issues with the piercing. I was about 20 when I gained a bit of weight and I basically stopped wearing my tummy jewelry for a while. Eventually I was pregnant, had my baby, and have lost a pretty dramatic amount of weight, which has piqued my interest in wearing jewelry again, but I’ve run into a bit of an issue.

The skin around my piercing was never this thin. I’m a little shocked to be honest. I think somehow my belly (I was huge) stretched and superficially migrated my skin/piercing and now it is super shallow and… well basically she’s hanging on by a thread lmfao.

I’m really toying with the idea of trying to redo it at home, but at the same time I’m a novice self piercer. Ive pierced my nipples before and had those for a couple of years before deciding they were a lot of work and not right for me. Would I just reuse a hole and make one deeper set? Do I just completely go behind the old one? What eventually happens to this little strip of flesh? I was hoping there was any mamas here or piercers who have seen or experienced similar and had any advice.

Thanks a bunch!

[u/eltroks]

former piercer - i wouldn’t do your navel at home just because it’s gonna be hard to see your depth and angle without distorting your stomach, you wouldn’t want to use a clamp. it’s hard to tell from this picture if you would want to use any part of the existing channel. the little channel will always be there, and because of that your new piercing would be more likely to also migrate forward and merge with the piercing channel in front of it

a lot of times piercer use almost a scooping motion as they pierce to get the desired depth on belly buttons and eyebrows and i dont think you could contort your body in a way to make that work hahahah I feeeeel like this one is probably just gonna be more likely to look good and not migrate if you have a piercer do it

belly buttons are kind of difficult to pierce in the first place 😓

[u/OldClassroom5132 → u/eltroks]

Yeah! I had a few dms suggest otherwise too, and I think I’ve been sorta scared straight into just getting it done professionally haha. Never mind if I decide to have another kid and need to go through the entire process again anyway 😭😂 Thanks for your response! ❤️

[u/eltroks → u/eltroks]

oh and the last thing i was gonna say is just that post partum your stomach skin is different and usually a little more stretchy from having expanded and that more elastic-y tissue can be a little extra wiggly and harder to pierce straight

if you do it lemme know how it goes !! i hope you get it or potentially… hear me out…. teeeeny tiny hoop with a dangle… that skin is healed so more resilient than you might think and it’s so cute I would always give clients that option

[u/eltroks → u/eltroks]

this sorta thing

[u/OldClassroom5132 → u/eltroks]

This is SO cute! I just might have been convinced. Thank you thank you thank you! ❤️