
"The worst part is the clamping, that hurts worse than the needle," Pachak said.
#BELLY BUTTON RINGS WHEN YOU FIRST GET IT DONE SKIN#
Once the skin is marked, Hamrick-Varga clamps a flap of the skin close together to shorten the distance the 14-gauge stainless steel needle will have to travel through flesh. The new piercings will go on the outskirts of the star, elongating the design in three directions. Hamrick-Varga first measures the barbell and then places corresponding marks on Pachak's stomach. We use jeweled barbells that are custom fit for each piercing," Hamrick-Varga said. "We chose the star pattern because we could do a lot within that design and still keep it feminine. Friday night, she was ready to add three more. Hamrick-Varga designed the star pattern and has put in each of the 20 piercings. When it comes to her stomach and needles, Pachak only trusts one person, Lisa Hamrick-Varga of Spear Me in Carson City. "From my research, I couldn't find any record of it in the Guinness Book of World Records and the most I have ever seen is 12, so I am hoping to set it higher," Pachak said. The 20 on her stomach are only a portion of the 33 total piercings the 23-year-old wears.įriday night, she was looking to add three more, in the hopes of setting a world record for most navel piercings. The Certified Nurses Assistant from Carson City has a star pattern of jeweled barbells working outward from her navel. "Everyone had bellybutton rings and I don't have the picture-perfect flat belly, so I decided to have more of them," Pachak said. Pachak knows that when you have 20 navel rings, people tend to be curious.

She's even grown accustomed to the two questions everyone seems to ask.


She knows that when she goes out, people notice - which was the idea in the first place.
