History

From the ritual and aesthetic reasons, the decoration of the navel in different cultures had already spread a long time. In the belly button piercing is, however, a modern phenomenon of western culture without any evidence of historical background, the established especially in the 1990s. Inexplicably, is repeatedly mentioned in the belly button piercing was in ancient Egypt was known and practiced. Although the ear hole in ancient Egypt to the Amarna period is to prove there are navel piercings at this time no evidence.

Today it is at the piercing next to the nipple piercing one of the most common piercing variations, which is due in contrast to face piercings, or on the possibility to hide it simply by the choice of clothing or present, can result from wearing people also permits will be placed in their professional value to conventional external appearance.
A strong influence is also attributed to the spread of pop culture. excited the first time to the model Christy Turlington attention with a belly button piercing have, after the jewelry was shown at a fashion show in London. 1993 was the music video Cryin 'the American rock band Aerosmith for the recognition of the piercing in, in which a represented by the actress Alicia Silverstone girl is seen, which can put a piercing in the navel.