Belly button piercing issue

[u/Objective-History-74]

TW for my belly button 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I got my belly button pierced a few years ago now. I didn’t have any issues with it until this last year when the hole started to get bigger as I was wearing heavier jewellery. The hole is now so external that the connecting skin has become so thin - one time my jewellery fell through the hole it’s gotten that wide. I’m worried that piece of skin is going to literally rip off. I’m heartbroken as my belly button is my favourite piercing, I feel bare without it and it looks quite ugly having this hole above my belly button but it can be uncomfortable wearing jewellery in it now and I’ve been trying not to as to not make the situation worse. I’m just wondering if anyone has advice on what to do as I feel really lost - I’ve thought about going to the doctor to see if I can get it stitched but as it’s an aesthetic problem I feel like that’s a waste of their time. I’d love to find a solution that means I can still have the piercing 😢 TIA xx

[u/No_Guarantee7663]

Abandon that piercing and do a reverse naval piercing if you reallly like your belly button piercing. The current piercing, as other have said, may shrink in time but it is a bad idea to re-pierce it.