When other plus size women discover that I have my navel pierced after flaunting my own sexy body jewelry (thanks to my many half-naked selfies), I'm immediately realized that there was a dire need ...

From the return of low-rise jeans to chunky highlights, 2000s beauty trends are making a grand return this year. Body modifications are no exception, of course, and this is especially true when it ...

The captivating allure of a sparkling navel ring is undeniable. But before you take the plunge and adorn your belly button with a piercing, some crucial considerations can ensure a smooth and ...

I was in the dressing room at American Eagle when the panic set in. I was a junior in high school. All I wanted was to be thin and pretty and well-dressed, and the fact that I was muffin-topping over ...

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As a teenager, the coolest thing you could do was to get your belly button pierced. Unfortunately, with a strict Zambian mother, I was forced to skip that edgy phase, and more than a decade on, I find ...

It was an unremarkable afternoon in the Noughties, and I was working a slow shift at my Saturday job. There I was, behind the tills at Matalan, waiting for my next customer to appear, when I felt it.

"If you get a big piercing on your navel ... won't it be like, sore and painful?" Ethan asks his wife in a sneak peek It's been two years since Ethan and Olivia Plath tied the knot, and they are ...

Among frosted lips and barely-there brows, belly button piercings were one of the most distinctive beauty trends of the ‘90s and early ‘00s. Icons like Britney Spears and Beyoncé rocked the popular ...