A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Now that’s a hardcore navel piercing!

Shawn O’Hare (Charlies House of Tattoos and Body Piercing, Camarillo CA) did this intense piercing over two years ago and it seems to be doing fine… Back in the early nineties, the APP ran a series of articles telling people that these piercings could lead to liver infections (they went through a conservative phase) — luckily that worry seems to have been an empty one!

Comments

22 responses to “Now that’s a hardcore navel piercing!”

  1. ross Avatar

    i was just away to say wouldn’t that cause an inwards traveling infection before i read the story… looks pretty cool!

  2. ross Avatar

    i was just away to say wouldn’t that cause an inwards traveling infection before i read the story… looks pretty cool!

  3. moddoctor Avatar

    There’s potential for an inward traveling infection that penetrates into the abdomen but really, I’d think that risk was pretty low. The liver infection thing seems rather unlikely too. Navels like that tend to be significantly scarred, meaning it’s hard to penetrate tissue for bacteria (hard to treat an infection should it happen too). I’ve seen these done many times and not seen a problem, but then, you never know. Has anyone a link to the old article?

  4. moddoctor Avatar

    There’s potential for an inward traveling infection that penetrates into the abdomen but really, I’d think that risk was pretty low. The liver infection thing seems rather unlikely too. Navels like that tend to be significantly scarred, meaning it’s hard to penetrate tissue for bacteria (hard to treat an infection should it happen too). I’ve seen these done many times and not seen a problem, but then, you never know. Has anyone a link to the old article?

  5. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    It was in an ancient article of THE POINT. I’m not sure if they ever got posted online but I think they did somewhere.

  6. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    It was in an ancient article of THE POINT. I’m not sure if they ever got posted online but I think they did somewhere.

  7. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    would that hurt more than the standard?

  8. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    would that hurt more than the standard?

  9. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    That is the most potruding “outie” I’ve ever seen. But its cool the piercing’s doing fine.

  10. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    That is the most potruding “outie” I’ve ever seen. But its cool the piercing’s doing fine.

  11. Silverflame Avatar

    it looks really neat! I’ve never personally seen that much of an outie before, but the piercings looks to be doing fine

  12. Silverflame Avatar

    it looks really neat! I’ve never personally seen that much of an outie before, but the piercings looks to be doing fine

  13. goomy Avatar

    my friend has an outie and she wants to do surgery on it, but I keep thinking she should pierce it

  14. goomy Avatar

    my friend has an outie and she wants to do surgery on it, but I keep thinking she should pierce it

  15. outmywindow Avatar
    outmywindow

    Ow.

  16. outmywindow Avatar
    outmywindow

    Ow.

  17. RosesAreRed Avatar
    RosesAreRed

    I rarely say “ow” but “ow!”

  18. RosesAreRed Avatar
    RosesAreRed

    I rarely say “ow” but “ow!”

  19. Red5 Avatar
    Red5

    thats the only things that POS shop did that worked. Last time i was there i played hide and seek with the autoclave. it won

  20. Red5 Avatar
    Red5

    thats the only things that POS shop did that worked. Last time i was there i played hide and seek with the autoclave. it won

  21. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Looks like someone in the delivery room fudged up a little bit…?

    But!

    When life gives you lemons…

  22. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Looks like someone in the delivery room fudged up a little bit…?

    But!

    When life gives you lemons…

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