To let DD get her eyebrow pierced for her 15th birthday?

Mine went wrong. To start with the piercer hid a minor blood vessel and it all puffed up. I almost passed out on the pavement outside.
Despite my religiously following hygiene routine, it became infected and I was advised the best solution was to have it removed.
I was lucky it didn't scar.

She can get it done without your consent at 16
Bodily autonomy in that sense kicks in then

Oh sure, why not? It's just a piercing!

It might come out over time but so what 🤷‍♀️

"Her body her choice" doesn't mean there are no rules. Your job is still to protect her while she is a child. Eyebrow piercings frequently leave awful scars and are easily ripped out accidentally. You are her mum. You can just say "no" and state your reasons. Hopefully she'll be more sensible by the time she's an adult, but if not then she can say "my body my choice" and do as she pleases.

My parents were never into piercings / tattoos etc. but when I was 15 I wanted my eyebrow pierced. My mother came with me and even paid for it. I had it for years until I got an office job and needed to remove it.

I'd say to go and get it done with her. If she's going to get it done in a few months anyway, then you could find a good place and make sure it's done right. She will appreciate it.

Not eyebrow but belly button. My mum let me get mine done for my 16th - I went to a reputable place and looked after it. I was an A grade student, mum mum trusted me and I didn't grow up to be a prostitute/deviant/hells angel :) I would say, make sure she goes to a proper tattoo/piercing place - their standards are so much higher than, for example, bloody Claires Accessories!

Gently, I think you've made up your mind - don't let anybody make you feel you're a, bad parent for letting her get it done. It'll be fine!

My dd wants a belly button piercing for her 16th birthday.

It's a flat no from me. No further discussion required.

I would be fine. It is a piercing and school seem OK with it. But then I don't think piercings and tattoos are chavvy like some. It is self expression

No and I wouldn't be going anywhere near a piercer that is happy to take fake id either. What other corners are they cutting?

I had mine done two different times at 16, both grew out and left quite a bad scar and im 37 now, also didnt help that I kept catching it when I was washing/brushing my hair

My answer would be 100% no and DT’s school didn’t allow it. At most they were allowed single ear piercings and only stud earrings for the school day.

DD had one now has a horrible keloid scar to show for it

I wouldn't, eyebrows are notorious for growing out and leaving a massive scar (and a bald spot across your actual eyebrow!). I have had a lip ring for 25 years now and never had any problems, if she's determined to get a facial piercing I'd try and steer her towards lip or nose personally.

I dunno, I've had mine out for nearly 10 years and still have a hole in my eyebrow. Although I did have it in for 10 years ish. It seems pretty permanent 😂

I’d let my 15yo dd. She had her nose pierced last year. Schools here don’t mind.

I would make her wait until she is 18. That gives her plenty of time to change her mind 😉

My DD pierced her own ears at 15 (friend's house, orange, ice cube and needle). I took her to have them checked and the piercer said: 'You're mum won't want to hear this but you've done a good job.' I was relieved. I allowed her to have a helix when she was 16. She had it done - then hated it, so out it came.

It would be absolutely fine at the school I teach at

Is this the UK? I’m not sure the piercer will be insured if she is under 16 and I wouldn’t allow anyone to do anything to my child who was willing to invalidate their insurance.
However if it’s horror stories you want, my best friend got her nose pierced when she was 15 at a dodgy place in town, it got so infected she had to have the stud surgically removed and take antibiotics to make sure she didn’t get that flesh eating infection. 25 years later she still has visible scarring and struggles to breathe through one side of her nose due to internal scar tissue

For me it is her choice and her choice alone and that means waiting until she is old enough to be able to consent herself - which would be 16 and the local piercer.

i would say that you know it sucks waiting but it is her body her choice and you will not consent to something that isn’t your choice - even if it means it she has to wait

I've got piercings myself and had my eyebrow done when I was 16 and it's the only one I regret because it's left me with a scar. Compromise with a nose or ear piercing instead if she really wants something done.

Just google ‘eyebrow piercings gone wrong’ and show her some of the images.
Also, taking her to a piercer who’s prepared to pierce her under age is all kinds of dodgy!

You are happy to go with this...
In the UK, the body piercing industry is largely unregulated. Tattooing and body piercing studios must be licensed[1] but there are no national standards to reduce health risks or specific requirements for professional competence, leading to concerns over infection and proper practice.[2][3]
Unlike tattoos, there is no minimum age for most piercings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, people must be over 18 to have their genitals pierced (including female nipples). In Scotland, under-16s must have a parent or guardian's assistance and the parent or guardian must be present during the piercing.[4][5] In Wales, it is an offence to pierce or arrange to pierce the tongue, genitals or nipples of under-18s.[6]
I wouldn't risk my child's health or appearance in an unregulated environment

I agree with the make her wait another year comments, by 16 she really could have changed her mind and if not well she can have it done if she wants. It's only one more year but I do think maturity really changes around this age. I remember being 15 and desperately wanting my belly button pierced more than anything else, I was allowed to do it but by the time I'd started my first year of college I thought it was chavvy and took it out!

My best mate and I had ours done at 15. Mid 30's now, she's still got hers along with several more, i took mine out at 18 and it's healed to the point it looks no different to a chickenpox scar. But there is a scar, so if she changes her mind there'll always be a little memory of it.

Only thing I'd say is they're a right bellend for migrating and moving around, my friend's is way further over now than it was at 15! And if she does any sports at all I'd avoid, I can tell you from experience what it feels like to have it pulled on and it is not pleasant.

If she's fairly sedantary, good with her hygiene and not too worried about it moving, rejecting or scarring it'll probably be fine. I'd probably encourage her to wait a bit longer though.

I know lots of people with piercings and the consistently difficult ones seem to be the eyebrow!