Black Belly Button Jewellery features a simple swarovski crystal  jewel on a black steel belly bar . This Black Belly Button Jewellery is perfect if you love your jewellery to be black.  It is 14 gauge and 10 mm in length, which is the standard size for belly piercings. It is recommended to pierce with a 10 mm bar so this item is also suitable for an initial piercing.

Ball at the top end of the bar unscrews and can be replaced with any other body jewellery ball with a 14 gauge thread.

What is black steel?

Black PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) coating is applied onto SS316L body jewellery. The jewellery is coated in a heated chamber under high vacuum.   Electric voltage applied will form a plasma in the chamber and the introduction of various gases produces an ion bombardment. This bombardment atomizes the cathode material into tiny substances, which are deposited on the jewellery.  The result is a hardened layer, which is bio compatible. It can be heated in an autoclave.

What is surgical steel?

Both the Black Belly Button Jewellery bar 14 gauge stem and the ball are made from surgical steel 316L. This mean they are implant-grade surgical stainless steel – it is probably the most common and most widely used metal for body piercings. Surgical Stainless Steels (316L) are used for bone fixation screws, body pins, bone plates, staples, amongst many other applications. We do not play or gamble with your health.

If you’re wearing surgical steel  jewellery and are having problems with irritation or a new piercing that just won’t heal, it is possible that you have a intolerance of surgical steel and might want to try titanium.

What is swarovski crystal?

Swarovski crystals are man-made gems manufactured in Austria. In 1892, Daniel Swarovski invented a machine for making precision-cut, beautiful, high quality lead glass crystals using quartz, sand, and minerals. The exact proportions of these raw materials has remained a company secret. This specialized manufacturing process ensures the highest possible degree of precision which produces brilliant crystals. For five generations, the Swarovski family has continued the tradition of making the most recognized crystals in the world out of their factory in Wattens, Austria.