I'm going to have nightmares about waking up restrained in this thing.
I often adjust it depending on what I'm doing and after a few years I've not noticed in damage or degradation from sticking the prong through the braid.
[1] https://www.walmart.com/ip/George-Men-s-35MM-Black-Stretch-B...
But for a belt, I also have (used to have?) a canvas belt with a buckle that would pinch the belt instead of go through it. Two actually, the one had two D-rings, the other had a more involved system with a bar going through a slotted box of sorts.