Belly Bars

Belly Bars and Navel Bars
Body piercing jewellery especially designed to fit the belly button piercing. They are similar in design to a standard curved barbell but tend to be a little more decorative in order to show off you tummy.

Navel bars are available in a range of materials such as Titanium, Surgical Steel, Bioplast, Bioflex and Acrylic. One of the most important factors when purchasing navel jewellery is to get the correct length and thickness. This can be anything between 6 and 18mm and the thickness or gauge can either be 1.2mm (16 gauge) or 1.6mm (14 gauge) the later being the standard thickness for a belly button piercing.

Navel piercings can take anywhere between 6 and 12 months to fully heal. It is always best to wait until the healing process is complete before changing the jewellery you were pierced with or swapping to a shorter bar.

There are a number of different styles to a belly bar. These fall into 4 main designs.

Standard Belly Bar - these typically tend to have a plain or jewelled large bottom ball that sits in the belly button recess itself. A small ball screws on the top of the bat to keep it in place. The top balls can also be a mixture of plain or jewelled balls.

Dangly Belly Bar - This design normally has an ornate charm on a chain that dangles from the bottom. These can vary in length and the designs and jewels used varies by design.

Reverse Belly Bar - This style is a reverse of a standard navel piercing. You normally insert the jewellery through the top of the piercing and the smaller ball is used to hold the bottom in place. From the top an ornate or dangly charm cascades down.

More unusual piercings are also achievable such as double navels and quad navels. With this type  a ball is held in place in the belly button by a bar above and below and in the case of a quad piercing on both sides also. These can look stunning but require a lot of thought and normally use flexible bars made from PTFE, Bioflex or Bioplast.