Is bruising normal with a navel piercing?

Answer 1

Bruising is normal with ANY piercing. It is likely that the piercer hit a blood vessel while piercing your navel.

Well, I gotta disagree here with ol Naughty, as I havent ever seen any bruising with my piercings....Or any one I had piercing for me....If it is done right with a super sharp tri-bevel edged piercing needle and the client is not anemic then there should not be any bruising at all.....Check with your doctor to see if you are anemic....Hope this helps

You do not have to be anemic to bruise with piercing. A piercing is a wound to your body, and as you probably know, any wound to your body can bruise. You are lucky for not having to experience bruising with yours, but it does not mean that it is not normal for other people. Too much force, hitting a blood vessel, or the pure trauma of it all to your body can cause bruising

Well sorry I have to jump in here, bruising is sub dermal Haematoma (bleeding under the skin) due to sub dermal injury, impact trauma and muscle tearing. Bruising in a piercing site is only because fine sub dermal vessels were damaged during the piercing and it doesn't occur with every piercing. Only when the piercer uses excessive force to penetrate the tissue (due to crappy needles and lousy skills) or when piercing tight delicate eyebrow tissue when using pennington's that are too tight..