11 year old belly button piercing

11 year olds shouldn't be showing their belly at all! Except maybe on the beach in a 2 piece.

i have 8 piercings on face and ears. i definitely like the extra detail and decorative looks if delicate jewellery is used but nooo way for my children at 11!

It's a big responsibility to look after them while healing and even though you can remove them, it's still body modification: lumps/scar tissue can develop and infection. Further injury from healing if caught on things or clothing etc.

I'm shocked a professional piercing shop would do this even with consent! I took my 11 year old to get her lobes pierced and the piercer was a bit uncomfortable about it. She said 10/11 was youngest she'd lobe pierce and would rather she did them with a hollow needle than me take my child to Claires.

I suppose it's their choice but not in my house until 16 years plus!

Too young and about 20 years too late

I think it's ridiculous personally but why is it any different to people who get babies ears pierced?

Far too young, that means she'll wear crop tops out and about. Too many dodgy men around thinking it's okay to perv on teenagers.
Wish it was different

I had mine done at 16. I don’t regret it as such, but I do have a scar now. I had to take it out because it kept catching when I was working plus it was growing out anyway.

Highlight that to your dd. That if she has it done, she will need it redone when older because it will grow out

That makes sense, thank you, I didn't think of it like that.

Just tell them the piercing could get infected and could lead to sepsis which is life threatening. They'll soon lose interest.

I think it's too young for ears never mind other body parts.

Yuk, OP.

Your daughter is too young a) for the piercing and b) to understand the message an 11 year-old with a tummy-button piercing will be giving out to all kinds of unsavoury people.

I think you're the adult in this situation, so please save her from herself!

That's really interesting. we did go through in detail about how the nose one would be on her face and that it's different to ears etc. I think I'm ok because she has wanted her nose done for so long (brought it up way before Xmas, but due to not being able to have it in at school was forced to wait for the summer holidays - I thought she might forget about it or change her mind but she's been adamant). Her belly button is a fairly new request and (with no judgement for anyone who has / their daughter has a piercing, I just wasn't overly comfortable) I kind of felt it would draw people's attention to look at her body and she's only 12. That sounds silly written down, she does wear crop tops etc so no one needs to try hard to see her stomach, but I know that I always notice belly button piercings. I'm not against piercings at all obviously and I'm sure she will get it done eventually, but I feel like she has enough for now.

There was a girl who had this type of piercing when she was Y4 in my class. After she'd had it done she turned up to school for a swimming lesson with a bikini instead of a one piece costume. She obviously wanted to show it off. She refused to wear the spare one piece swimming costume, so wasn't allowed to swim.

Her mother complained about her daughter's 'rights' to be taught to swim ....

Absolutely too young!!!!

My friend is a doctor and when her daughter wanted her belly button pierced she showed her pics of what could go wrong. It didn't happen

I’m heavily pierced at 33 (40+) but I'll happily be the hypocrite not recommending that my DD does what I did. It's constant cleaning, surveillance, prevention of migration or rejecting, learning about the right type and sizes of jewellery, the risks, healing periods, discomfort etc. I wish people would bloody well try to educate themselves before opting in on a whim and getting the arse when they've messed them up. It's not cheap for a reason. Consider the cost a first warning. Fuck around and find out.
And for those who get infected piercings: the siren call - Do. Not. Remove. It. You will trap the infection in the fistula. Go to a reputable studio. Go back if you have any problems.

Ridiculous to get it done at 11 I mean.

Also to point out, it's not likely to reject just due to growing but might cause lightning bolt stretch marks. I never grew taller or put much weight on during my teen years after having it done, but pregnancy at 22 blew out the lightning bolts I've still got 11 years later. Growth spurts or weight gain would've done the same.

Had mine done at 15 with a family member attending to give consent. Ridiculous to get it done that young. There's no need. Teenage growth spurts and all. I went back to the same studio 2 years later for a second belly button piercing, the guy gave me £5 off because I'd grabbed my boobs tight with both arms as he did it. Sick fuck.

The main issue for me would be the risk of infection. When my friends had theirs done when we were teens a couple of them got infected, I think its more of a risk with that piercing.

I was 12 when I got mine done in the 90s. Dd wants her nose done but she's 4 so no but end of P7 she can have it done but for secondary she can have what she wants pierced.

One of the girls in DDs class had it done just before the summer holidays started, this is year 4, 9 years old!

DD told me in a kind of awestruck isn't it wonderful way and I just said, well every parent makes different decisions, my decision is you're too young.

It's way, way too young, and no reputable piercer would ever agree to do it. If they're prepared to pierce an 11-year-old's belly button there is no way they're a decent piercer.

An 11-year-old hasn't even stopped growing and shouldn't be getting any piercings other than ear-lobes, even with parental permission.

I speak as someone with a pierced belly button, several tattoos, 10 ear piercings and formerly a tongue piercing, so I'm not anti-piercing but a navel piercing for an 11-year-old is incredibly unwise.

My immediate reaction would be that it's too young. I did get mine done at 12 as did a fair few of the girls I was at school with. Never caused me any issues and still have it 18 years later. One of my friends had hers done at 11, but we were at primary school and it seemed crazy young at the time. It seems a little more acceptable if they are at high school.

My DD got her second ear piercing at 15 (with parental permission as you need that where I live for any piercing under 16). And got her nose pierced at 16. She’s not expressed an interest in any other piercing but it will be up to her now as she’s 17.

Your friend is going to have an interesting time parenting a teenager if she feels her only option is to agree to everything they want from age 11.

DD is 10. I did not know this was a "thing" / fad / fashion. Personally I had mine done when I was 23 (and re-pierced after pregnancy).

When you say "shop" do you mean a Claire's Accessories type high street retailer or a tattoo/piercing studio?