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

Still worth checking?

But no, not before 16.

Slightly different, but my daughter wanted her nose pierced at about the same age. I was against it and her attitude was very much, 'I'm going to do it anyway and there's nothing you can do to stop me.'
As it happened, I worked with a very cool young woman who my daughter really liked and - thinking that my colleague would back her up - daughter told her how mean I was being about it. The colleague pointed to a hole in her nostril and said she'd had it pierced as a teenager and deeply regretted because she no longer wanted to wear jewellery in it and it just looked like a huge blackhead! Put my daughter right off.

My daughter is a big fan of piercings. You are right that at 16 she can go off and get it done anyway without your knowledge so personally I think I'd rather agree now so that you can have some say over where you get it done and check the salons credentials etc.

I said to my daughter that she could have a piercing after her GCSE's if she'd done well.Perhaps you can do similar as an incentive.

Later (after she was 18) she had an eyebrow piercing - unfortunately her body rejected the piercing and it eventually fell out. There is a tiny (and I mean tiny) scar but no infection - so if it does go badly it's not necessarily the end of the world if it doesn't "take"

I had one done - I now have a scar.

My sister had hers for a few years and it was ripped out by my nephew. She now has a permanent scar on her eyebrow. It was painful as hell she said 😬

Would be a no from me.

Apart from getting pulled out, they can just migrate out of the skin (it a foreign object your body will naturally try and expel). If that happens she’ll be left with a noticeable scar that’s like a dent in her eyebrow.

I’d also be cautious of any piercer willing to do it at her age. I’m not sure of the law on this but from an ethical POV, most won’t touch a child.

My mother let me get my tongue pierced at 15. Piercings aren’t permanent, eyebrow piercings even less so as it will grow out. If she’s prepared to put up with the resulting scar, I’d let her do it.

More lax than relaxed.

I wouldn’t allow it no.

Wouldn't bother me, personally. I had multiple piercings before the age of 18 and many more beyond that. I took them all out in my mid 30s but I have zero regrets in having them.
Besides my ears, I think my first one was a nose piercing at 14 or 15. Back in a day you could do it with a nurse in a local polyclinic. My mum was supportive if not exactly happy about it.

Piercings like this can grow out of a young person

It's called migrating

Google it

I've still got the scars from the piercing over 20 years later

No not at 15 - there are reasons reputable piercers don’t allow it. Make her wait until she’s 16, if she still wants it at that point.
I have a lot of piercings… they may not be “permanent” but if they go bad, they can leave some awful scarring.
Separately, eyebrow piercings are an absolute PITA for migrating and going wonky, never mind getting caught on stuff. If your DD plays any sports, I’d seriously advise against getting a brow piercing.

Also I would be avoiding any piercing studio that is willing to do it at her age!

DD1 had hers done, it caused some issues and she's taken it out. She still has a little scar

Could you convince her to go with something that looks a little classier and easier scar/hole to cover? Look up an inverted labret on her lip, not at all noticeable when it's not in, and still has the punky type look she may be after?

No.

It will scar

She will change her mind

Tell her to wait a year

Honestly, I was in the exact same boat with my mother at the exact same age.

After much pestering she said she would allow it... then reneged. I was incredibly pissed off at the time but I'm eternally grateful she didn't let me go through with it.

I have had upwards of 20 piercings all over my body, I was like a colander at times 😅 But this is the one that I'm so glad I never got.

She will not keep this piercing too late into her 20s or 30s and they leave a horrible scar.

I have 3 lip piercings still that I wear occasionally and love them, the scar/hole is small when I don't want to wear them which suits work. But the eyebrow piercing scars are rough looking and never heal.

Please, don't let her do it!

No, I had mine done at 16 it grew out and left an awful scar which I still have to this day!! I wish my mum had been strict and told me no. Take it from me she will absolutely regret it!

I have many piercing but I would be cautious of the eyebrow one - I don’t know anyone who had it done that doesn’t have quite bad scarring from it. It’s not like other piercings in that when you take it out they are barely noticeable, she’ll always have a mark.

I don't see any problem with it. It's not like it's permanent like a tattoo!

No, when she’s 18 she can do what she likes. She can insists all she wants, at the risk of having you get her a present she doesn’t like!!!!

Hair dye isn’t a health and safety risk in PE.