don't pierce your belly button on your own.. these two red dots up there are from piercing myself and that little red dot down there is too.. :( everything went good, everything was cleaned, hands were washed, i could get the needle and the piercing through, but i couldn't get the ball on the piercing. there was too much blood and my hands were shaking.. belly hurts real bad now. btw these are from TWO tries. the first failed miserably and the second one was just two days after the first try.. so yup. just a little wisdom word to you then - DO NOT!!! DO IT ON YOUR OWN