A complication with belly button piercings is rejection, or when your body tries to remove the piercing from your skin. This is an immune response—your body sees the piercing as a foreign object and ...

A new online trend has been overtaking Chinese social media. Called the "Belly button challenge," thousands of Chinese citizens have uploaded images of themselves attempting to touch their own belly ...

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. - It has gone viral on the Chinese version of Twitter, Weibo. Now the belly button challenge is making its way to the United States. Heather Gallivan, Clinical Director of the ...

Medically reviewed by Leah Ansell, MD Key Takeaways Wash your belly button with water and soap when you shower and dry it thoroughly. If you have a belly button piercing, keep it clean and follow your ...

Rochelle Collins, DO, is a board-certified family medicine physician and assistant clinical professor of family medicine at Quinnipiac University. Discharge from your belly button might be a sign of ...