Piercing for Kids

[Chris695]

Hello

I jsut wanted to tell you that my daughter got her belly button pierced yesterday, and everything went well. The pain was bearable as she told me afterwards, and she also told me that she is the happiest girl now.
But she insists to get her nose pierced too.

Another thing: Iám going to provide a picture of my daugher´s pierced belly as soon as possible, is there anyone here who would also like to provide a photo from his/her child´s piercing?


yours


Marcus

Hi Marcus;

I think you did the right thing by letting your daughter opt for the belly button piercing. This is a very popular piercing for girls, and the belly button is ideal for wearing the jewelry that is now made for it. As long as it does not "migrate" out, I don't see where there will be a problem.

Another thing, the belly button piercing is one that can be concealed whenever you want it to be. This is different than the nose piercing.

But nose piercing seems to be gaining popularity. Years ago, Indian women were about the only ones that wore nose jewelry. If it is done right, it can look very nice, if the nose stud is small.

Perhaps you can give her a nose piercing for a future birthday gift. That will give her something to look forward to.

My girlfriend is the moderator for a group on Yahoo about belly button piercing. You may want to check it out at:
groups.yahoo.com/group/bellybuttonpiercing


Chris

[Guest]

Hi

My problem is, that if I would let her get it right now, she will ask for a tongue piercing next week, for a nipple piercing in 2 weeks and so on.

Yes I do want to make my daughter a happy girl, but on the one hand 11 is a bit too young I think for getting a lot of piercings on the other hand piercing for girl under 14 years is not very common in germany.

are there any users here who do have a girl between 10 and 12 with more than 1 piercing?

yours


Marcus

It really has to be up to you and what is acceptable where you live.
My daughter is 12 and she had had multiple ear piercings since she was 6 (currently she is up to 5 in each lobe plus her tragus on both sides and the top edge also on both sides). She was allowed to have her nose pierced for her 10th birthday and her belly button for the 11th. On her 12th she got the other nostril pierced.

[Brody]

I have wanted my nose pierced for a while now. When I first mentioned getting it done professionally at the age of twelve, the reaction was extremely negative. This surprised me as I have about 10 D.I.Y piercings in my ears. I talked to my parents about it. My mother is Indian and for her a nose piercing would show a lower caste or even peasant. I do understand where she's coming from but to be honest she's always had a very unbothered view of her culture. My dad who is English is just extremely conservative and also tried to put me off my telling me about "snot-infeciton". It hasn't worked. In England the legal age without consent for noses is sixteen so I will wait, but I will do it eventually, whatever the reaction.

You will have to consider this if you eventually decide to tell your daughter that you don't want her to get it yet. I know from personal experience that kids WILL act. As everyone's said, it's really up to you as the parent to make the descision and your daughter may give up asking, but it might not stop her just having it done without your consent anyway.

I don't want you to lose trust in your daughter, naturally. That is the last thing I want. But I just feel that you need an opinion from someone who isn't 11, who's being silly and is just feeling hard-done-by because their parents are being quite reasonable. After all, at 11 you havent finished growing yet. But at least it isn't some snobby children-should-be-seen-and-not-heard view from an adult with a stick up their backside.

[Marcus_Kiel]

Hi

I didn´t reply because I was sent to Malaysia from my company to lead a new architectural project there.

I´ve read all replies carefully and personally I think it was the right decision to let her have her belly button pierced.

Sometimes my daughter tends to play with needles so I think I prevented a situation where she tries to self pierce parts of her body.

My wife told me that she still asks every day for a nose piercing but I told her to wait until at least 13. If she still wants a nose piercing then, we will talk about it again.

Last week in Kiel I saw a well style woman about with her about 5-6 year old daughter.

Both mum and daughter had their noses and belly buttons pierced.

In this situation I was really shocked. I couldn´t really believe what I saw.
I think a 6 year old is not old enough for piercings like that because at this age a child can´t really decide if he(she really wants that piercing furthermore they very often don´t look after it.
Furthermore I think is cruel to pierce a 5-6 year old child, I can´t really image there a studios piercing kids at that age neither can I believe that a doctor will do that because this is bodily injury in germany and you may be indicated by law.


yours


Marcus

[xxemily2xx]

How old is she?
I got mine peirced when i was 13 and i am still so happy with it.
Remember she needs the responsibility to take care of it especially in the healthing months

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my name is amanda and i am 11. Yesterday i got my bellybutton pierced and my ears pierced another 2 times at the bottom and 1 at the top. i also got my nose pierced and everything was fine. so i suggest that if you want a very happy child, just let them go through with it.

[laptop_lady]

Kids are growing up way too soon nowadays. My children will not even be allowed to have their ear lobes pierced until the age of 12.

[Melissa T]

A new family moved next door to us last week. They have three daughters between 6 and 10 and the mother and all the girls have their nostrils pierced.
We had them round for supper and my two daughters were very taken with the piercings and asked if they could have their noses pierced also.
I must admit I thought they looked very attractive but the idea of having a needle thrust through my nose didn't appeal much. Anyway, once I had chatted to the mother I discovered that she had had her nose pierced a few months ago and the girls then started clamouring to have theirs done as well so eventually she agreed. She said that it only involved a moments pain and that none of her girls had been at all bothered by the process so after school yesterday I took my daughters and we all got tiny gold studs pierced through our nostrils. She was right it didn't hurt very much and only briefly and we think they look fantastic. I am just off to pick up my two (who are 7 and 9) and want to see what reaction they got at school as I think they will be the only ones there with nostril piercinhs as the girls next door go to a different school.

[Guest]

A new family moved next door to us last week. They have three daughters between 6 and 10 and the mother and all the girls have their nostrils pierced.
We had them round for supper and my two daughters were very taken with the piercings and asked if they could have their noses pierced also.
I must admit I thought they looked very attractive but the idea of having a needle thrust through my nose didn't appeal much. Anyway, once I had chatted to the mother I discovered that she had had her nose pierced a few months ago and the girls then started clamouring to have theirs done as well so eventually she agreed. She said that it only involved a moments pain and that none of her girls had been at all bothered by the process so after school yesterday I took my daughters and we all got tiny gold studs pierced through our nostrils. She was right it didn't hurt very much and only briefly and we think they look fantastic. I am just off to pick up my two (who are 7 and 9) and want to see what reaction they got at school as I think they will be the only ones there with nostril piercinhs as the girls next door go to a different school.

What a nice story for the weekend.

Take it that your girls and your naybours girls already have their ears
pierced?

If the girls next door get there ears multi-pierced/other nostril done
will you let yours get theirs done?

Which side did you have done?

What did their/your friends think?
nice to know

[pocock]

our daughter can not walk or talk. next week, we are taking her to get her nose pierced. we thought this would be the fair thing to do. her friends have pierced noses.

[Marcus_Kiel]

Just an update for this thread:

Yesterday my daughter got her nose pierced for her 12th birthday and she was so happy that I finally said yes.

No she is begging again because one of her friends got her tongue pierced.

What do you think? What is the best age for a girl to get her tongue pierced.

Does anyone here do have a daughter younger than 14 with a tongue piercing?


cheers


Marcus

[Guest]

So, don't people get their tongues pierced in order to give what they consider great head? I guess that would be a determining factor there -- when your daughter starts giving head, get her tongue pierced. Yeah, that'll be cool. NOT

[Guest]

Hi

Sometimes my daughter tends to play with needles so I think I prevented a situation where she tries to self pierce parts of her body.

Okay, so.... you don't think that's just plain wierd?

[AJohnson]

Does anyone here do have a daughter younger than 14 with a tongue piercing?

My daughter is 12 and has her tongue pierced, and hasn't had any complications so far. She asked me if she could have it done, and I would rather a professional do it than her try to do it herself.

Tongue piercings heal really quickly and rarely get infected because of the good bloodflow.

She is very happy and it looks really good on her. I understand there are some sexual connoctations associated with this piercing, but many people do it because they just like how it looks.

I say if your daughter really wants it, go for it. If she tries to pierce her tongue herself there are many things that can go wrong (hitting an artery) that will be preventable by going to a professional piercer. And if she doesn't like it she can always take it out.

[Guest]

Does anyone here do have a daughter younger than 14 with a tongue piercing?

My daughter is 12 and has her tongue pierced, and hasn't had any complications so far. She asked me if she could have it done, and I would rather a professional do it than her try to do it herself.

Tongue piercings heal really quickly and rarely get infected because of the good bloodflow.

She is very happy and it looks really good on her. I understand there are some sexual connoctations associated with this piercing, but many people do it because they just like how it looks.

I say if your daughter really wants it, go for it. If she tries to pierce her tongue herself there are many things that can go wrong (hitting an artery) that will be preventable by going to a professional piercer. And if she doesn't like it she can always take it out.

A 12 year old with a tongue piercing - thats just plain pathetic.