Ouch. Care of Gauge at Golden Eagle Tattoo in beatiful Santa Barbara, California. I assume it’s fresh in this photo — I don’t know how long it was kept for, but if I had to wager I’d say not long… While they have been done successfully and kept long term, it can’t be pleasant during the initial healing period.

I think I might worry a little bit about rejection due to the jewelry design, but this navel project by Lucas at Wildcat Antwerp is pretty neat looking. You may remember it from such films as Krull II, in which it played the part of the Glaive.