Weight loss and peircings?

Why not use the piercing as a reward for losing some weight. Like if you lose 50 pounds, you'll get your piercing. Me, I'm going to get a new tatoo when I get to goal weight.

I had my belly button pierced when I was slim, but I gained weight rapidly around that time and that may have contributed to it never really healing properly. Though it was ramming the lawnmower into it repeatedly that made me realise I was probably too old for it :laugh:

I'd wait to get a bit closer to your goal weight as it's hard to know if you'll have any loose skin that may or may not firm up to see what your belly will look like when you're ready to show it off.

whilst it won't affect the piercing as pp said i would wait a bit to see what your tummy will look like. Maybe treat yourself at your half way point, the only reason i say this is that as a body piercer i've seen many womens tummies & sometimes weight loss leaves stretch marks/wrinkles through the navel which can affect the way the jewellery sits therefore i think you would be happier with the end result after you've lost some weight. Also without sounding rude, if you've got too much belly the piercing won't heal wel as when you're sitting/bending the piercing will get squashed by the fat putting pressure on the wound causing imflammation & swelling which could cause the jewellery to embed in the wound. Not trying to scare you but this is the advice i give larger ladies, (i'm over 200lb myself)

Go to a piercing shop and ask your piercer. I weigh 120lbs but my fat sits in a 'shelf' above my naval which means the bar would sit diagonally and possibly reject. I could try somewhere else but he's done all 25 of my piercings and I'd trust him with my life

mine has stayed the same looking actually you can see it better now ahhahahahaha
granted ive only lost 17 pounds.

my tattoos have all stayed the same.
and hoping they will. id hate for my sleeves to get ruined:grumble:

i got my bellybutton piercing as a reward for when i reached 135 which was one of my big goals last year. the more i lose weight, the better it does, though! it sits straighter and is less likely to be forced in a weird position by the way your stomach lies when you are sitting down. i guess the only concern i would have for you, is if you do strenuous exercise on a weekly basis. Getting moved around and knocked is the fastest way to have a problem (ie infection or rejection) Unfortunately, i never really got into the whole "exercise" thing, ha, so that never really affected mine, but i was still surprised by the number of times i managed to hit it with a hula hoop, or, tmi, during sex. bellybutton piercings are some of the sloooooooowest healing piercings, and thats something to keep in mind.

As long as you're not wearing tight clothing (like Spanx or something) and your navel isn't more 'inwards' to where you would need to move skin to see the piercing because of a stomach fold (sorry if that's a horrible description, haha) then you'll be fine. Mine has been okay throughout weight loss and gain.

I would strongly suggust you wait!!!

Not sure I had my navel pierced and then got pregnant it didn,t cope well with that and ended up scarred.

If you have a larger stomach and/or your waistbands tend to sit on your naval then it can affect the healing of the peircing. I tried twice and it never healed until i took it out. Ask a piercer for thier advice.

I've had mine done for 14 years, it's seen me through 70+lbs of weight gain and (so far) 23lbs of weight loss. It already looks alot better...I can see it now! But nothing else has changed about it