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

It will look absolutely awful and could be a hindrance if she wants to find a part time job but at the end of the day it’s her choice. But it doesn’t have to be your choice, you can say no. If she wants it that badly she will find a way and it will be good lesson. The worst that can happen is it gets infected which is very easy to resolve.

My son had it done years ago but took it out after a while ,it is one of the worse piercings for leaving a scar .She will regret it when she’s a bit older

My stance on piercings (except ears) is that they should wait till 18.

My reasons being that I'd hope they'd make better decisions at 18. That they wouldn't be in school. And lastly because I feel that when people see someone with facial piercings that they presume they are 18 or older. And I don't want adults approaching my child thinking they are adults.

I'd say no. She will blame you in the future for not stopping her. She can't blame you if she gets it done later.

My local piercer won't do it until she's 16 but she's found another in town that will do it as long as we both take ID.

This would be enough to put me off.

Definitely not a facial piercing until she’s an adult imho.

I don’t think I’d okay a face piercing, ear or bellybutton at 15 I was okay with

I know so many people with a scar across one eyebrow. It is the most common to grow out. GRIM. She will look like an ally cat who has been in a fight...

I had my eyebrow done twice, once vertically and once horizontally. I’m not over the moon with the scarring it has left and it’s beyond my skills to conceal it with make up.

They are also an absolute pain in the arse every time you get your hair cut (imagine the pain of a very sharp pair of scissors getting caught up in it) and although it’s relatively painless to get them done, they hurt like buggery when something catches on them and it tears the skin. And that happens surprisingly often, so you’re left with this tiny bit of skin holding the piercing in. It doesn’t look great.

I’d be inclined to tell her that if she waits until she’s 16 without moaning or nagging, you’ll treat her to a belly button piercing as well. She’ll have probably gone off the idea by then.

At 15 I'd say no. My DD has had quite a few piercings - ears several times, nose, belly button and eyebrow, all after she was 16. The eyebrow piercing eventually migrated and grew out, and has left a small scar across her eyebrow.

I'd also be a bit worried about how reputable the piercer was if they allow facial piercings below 16.

School won’t allow it and it leaves an ugly scar. School might allow it, my DD's school had no problem with it, from about year 10 upwards. All piercings had to be taped up for PE though, including earrings.

No.

Every single one of my friends who had this done, when it was super popular in the late 90s early 00s, have scars from it. Most of them grew out of the skin after a few years. It would definitely be a no from me if my DS asked for it.

She can give her own consent for a facial piercing at 16 if she has a valid ID.

Legally, there is no age restriction on facial piercings. It's not illegal to pierce a child's eyebrow, lip, nose, tongue or whatever. But most local authorities will only license piercing studios who don't perform any non-ear piercings on under-16s. But a 16-year-old wouldn't generally need parental consent for that, just their own ID to prove they're 16.

Genital and nipple piercings on under 16s are different, for obvious reasons, but it would usually be prosecuted as a sexual offence rather than under any legislation relating to actual piercing.

YOU are the adult OP! Your daughter will be 15, therefore your decision! You don’t need horror stories to put her off … just exercise your parental rights and responsibilities! 🤷‍♀️

not exactly the same, but I still have holes in my belly button and ears from piercings I took out twenty years ago, so I can only assume that an eyebrow one will be the same i.e. won't ever fully heal if/when she decides to take it out. And as it's on her face that's even more noticeable.

I also wouldn't, just because anywhere that's willing to go against the '16' age for the tiny bit of extra cash that they'll make from the small number of 15 year olds with parents willing for them to get a piercing sounds dodgy.

One year isn't that long to wait, and at least then she can't complain in 20 years when she regrets having a noticeable scar on her face that you shouldn't have allowed her to do it.

School won’t allow it and it leaves an ugly scar.

If/when she takes it out it'll scar, a few teens at my school had it done and now in their 30's they really hate the scar.
I had my bellybutton pierced at 15 which has scarred but it's fine as it's hidden.
I think nose can also scar.

also I've still got a scar from my lip piercing, all piercings can scar

I've seen eyebrow piercings are coming back into fashion! Move in the middle though rather than on the end.
I think let her op, it's a teenage thing, finding your own identity. Aslong as she looks after it and keeps it clean what's the harm?

The piercer who is willing to pierce a 15-year-old's eyebrow is almost certainly a less reputable and less conscientious piercer than the one who won't do facial piercings before 16.

I like piercings; I have my belly button pierced and 10 different ear piercings and would have more if it was practical for me. But I wouldn't let a 15-year-old get anything pierced other than ears and most decent piercers won't either. I'd make her wait until she's 16.

Surface piercings like eyebrows etc will grow out after a few months/years and she will be left with a scar on her face. This is not a permanent piercing but it will probably leave a mark.

(I have worked within this industry for many years and would recommend a nose piercing as the only facial piercing that is going to heal nicely and age well).

Just to add - the first piercing at age 15 was a septum. that all went well and daughter still loves it. I've grown used to it!

No, I would refuse consent until she is 18 when hopefully she will have grown up a bit.

If she decides when she's older she doesn't like it, she'll be left with a scar hole all her life. I got the bottom of my lip done when I was 16, I only kept it in 2 months before I realised it was silly and still have the horrible hole now. When she is 18 and able to do it without an adult present is when she is old enough to decide this

And if you don't like it/don't agree with it, you can just say No!