Belly buttons come in all shapes and sizes. There are innies and outies. Pregnant women often have their innie become an outie temporarily when their bellies grow. A few people don’t even have a belly ...

BELLY button piercings can be a fun way of adding some sparkle to your look. In fact, piercings are one of the oldest forms of body modification – dating back to the ice-age! But it’s important to ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

1. Why do I even have a belly button? Your belly button, or navel – clinically, your umbilicus – is the permanent scar left from where your umbilical cord connected your circulatory system, when you ...

Do you have an innie or an outie? While we may not pay much attention to our belly buttons (thanks to the demise of the Britney Spears naval piercing era), we all know what we’ve got – but we may not ...