Your belly button is a scar from where the umbilical cord connecting you to your mother fell off. How it heals determines the shape of your belly button. Share on Pinterest While a belly button isn’t ...

Belly buttons come in all shapes and sizes. There are innies and outies. Pregnant women often have their innie become an outie temporarily when their bellies grow. A few people don’t even have a belly ...

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Medically reviewed by Daniel Combs, MDMedically reviewed by Daniel Combs, MD Outie belly buttons are usually the result of normal variations in how the umbilical cord heals. The belly button is ...

Do you have an innie or an outie? While we may not pay much attention to our belly buttons (thanks to the demise of the Britney Spears naval piercing era), we all know what we’ve got – but we may not ...

What Is a Belly Button Piercing? A belly button piercing is a piercing through the skin around your belly button or navel, usually enhanced by a ring or other ornament. If you want to get a belly ...

We know this isn't the most appealing of topics, but it's possible you don't know how to clean your belly button. And no, we don't mean with belly button piercings (which are back, FYI). We mean: how ...

An infected belly button piercing causes swelling, pus, fever, chills, and even an upset stomach. If the belly button piercing is infected keep it in and clean the area with antibacterial soap. To ...

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