Crooked navel, planning to stretch

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Sunday June 22nd, 2008 @ 12:24 AM

Filed under: Navel

I got my navel pierced on the night of my 18th birthday, the 15th of June. I like the look of large navels and want to stretch it to 8g or 6g over the next 2-3 years. I let my piercer know this and he took it into account and spent a long time positioning the marks so it would be centered and at a good depth. After getting it I didn’t notice, still too excited about having it, but the next morning I saw that it is slightly crooked. The funny thing is the top is centered to the top, and the bottom is centered to the bottom, but they still look slightly off.

I’m also not sure if this is just because it was placed slightly deeper to account for stretching, if it’s just slightly swollen and crooked from that or if it really is slightly off.

I’m not sure if I should take it out and have it repierced in a better position, or if it’s so slight that it won’t make a difference, wait for it to heal, stretch it anyway, and perhaps scalpel it slightly if it ends up still looking crooked after I finish stretching it.

What do you think? Thanks for your help!

Unfortunately, it’s hard to really get much detail from the picture. It does look like it might be somewhat off, but that could be due to something as simple as how the jewelry happens to be resting…or as you mentioned, swelling.

I would suggest giving it a week or so and see how it looks then. At that point, most of the swelling should be gone, so you can eliminate that as a factor. If it still seems crooked, I would probably suggest removing it and having it redone. When you start stretching piercing that are off, sometimes it can actually make them look less off. Many times however, the stretching simply accentuates the “offness” even more.

When it’s all said and done however, it comes down to how much it bothers you. It’s your piercing and you’re the only one that has to be happy with it.

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