At what age would you allow your child to 'get their eyebrows done'?

[floorchid]

I'm talking about shaping them at a brow bar - no dye or anything like that.

I go every 2 weeks or so and get my eyebrows shaped and tinted.

12 yr old dd has asked if she can come and get hers done too (again, just shaped and tidied up, nothing more). My instinct is to say no but I'm not completely sure why. Would the salon even do a 12 yr old?

She is fair haired and they just look like normal 12 yr old eyebrows, but she obviously feels that she wants to clean them up :/

Absolutely this

The salon I use won’t touch under 16. They told me it is due to their insurance and not to use places that will do treatments on children as their skin is delicate etc. I trust their judgment.

I was 12. I found some tweezers and almost hacked my eyebrows off because I hated how bushy they were. My mum said if my eyebrows were going to get plucked then they at least needed to be done properly and we went to a salon. I paid with my pocket money.

they’re her eyebrows. Can’t see how removing hair which regrows would be an issue at high school age

12 is fine

Only if they're being bullied at school. Otherwise it's something they can do when they leave school.

This.
Personally I wouldn't have let her known I was getting my eyebrows done and I avoid to talking about makeup, clothes, body shape etc in front of DD because I want it to be very unimportant to her given how much pressure they are under nowadays.

Well she has learnt from you so I don't see how you can so no now

And to anyone who says well adults drink alcohol or smoke no it is not the same

I first took my daughter when she was 11. She has a mono brow & was really self conscious about it. She gets a quick wax & tidy up.

Fashion changes for eyebrows, I plucked mine into oblivion and then bushy ones came back in. So never ideally. I probably would if they are causing serious issues like bullying etc at secondary age.

Whenever they asked I guess.

I was badly bullied in primary school for my monobrow. It's still horrendous in my 30s if they aren't 'done'
I remember my then boyfriend now DH asking me completely confused if I knew my eyebrows were trying to meet in the middle all of a sudden 😂😂 I had to confess.

My DM would always tweeze them if asked but I hated the pain and still almost cry when having the waxed almost 30 years later.

Anyway my child has likely inherited this from what I'm seeing I haven't said a word and it doesn't seem anything as thick as mine so not so noticeable. When asked I'll take what ever action she wants as it's her body her choice.

It is awful isn't it. No surprise single sex schools are a better experience for girls than mixed.

I was the complete opposite.

If it was temporary, I would always say "yes"

Because decided as policy never to fight about something that, at the end of the day, will come off or grow back.

I really don't think it makes any difference in the longer run.

I let my 9 year old have them waxed. She only gets them done maybe every 3-4 months.

She asked because they were bugging her and the beautician said she is happy to do them at the age of whenever they start to feel self conscious and unhappy.

I'd rather take her to get them tidied up and be happy than risk her start plucking at them in secret like I did.

I agree with lots of the more "it depends" answers, OP. I think it is also partly down to the "norms" in your area.

In some areas, it's common from 11 or 12, others from 15/16. No right or wrong in my opinion.

My eyebrow lady (reputable and follows age guidelines for nails etc) said this is one thing they will do for teens . She said it's much better to have a professional do it than the girls hacking away and ruining their eyebrows!!

I get you don't think she needs to but she is communicating that she thinks she does.much better she learns to do it properly than do what I did and have ruined the shape of my eyebrows - only just at 40 started going to beautician and it's slow going to repair.

Year 6, because she wanted it and had a monobrow. We both tried plucking but she didn't like it and wanted to try threading. She was out of the chair after the first one was done, we had to convince her to sit down again to get matching. Never went back! She then took on plucking herself and looked awful for about 6 months before calming down.

My DD started doing hers at age 12. She’s 13 now. Her eye brows were thick and she had a mono brow. She uses (my) eyebrow/facial trimmer though. It’s completely painless and easy. She also uses it for her upper lip.

I even let her do my eyebrows for me too as she’s good at it. Honestly its the best thing I’ve bought for only £7! I used to have mine threaded every 3 weeks and it was so painful I would be crying. I’m glad there’s a pain free option now.

Is there an age requirement? Have no idea

my 15yr old is desperate for a brow tint as hers are pale and she has resorted to rubbing eyeliner on them ☹️ we live in the of nowhere so I’ve no idea what the rules are

i wouldn't impose a…you pay for it rule personally

Surely it's about confidence and feeling nice? No reason at all to say no.

I’m really pale and have mid brown hair but my eyebrows were so thick and jet black at age 11/12 that they really bothered me. My mum let me have them threaded (nothing dramatic and highly shaped- just tidied up and get rid of the mono-brow) so I would do the same if I had a daughter at whatever age if they expressed their eyebrows were really bothering them.
if they had perfectly fine eyebrows (no mono brow but just standard child eyebrows) then I would try and dissuade them for as long as possible (and wouldn’t let them have anything dramatic done) but ultimately if for whatever reason it really bothered them then I would allow it.

Have you been near a 12yo since you were one?

They're an entirely different breed than they used to be!

@floorchid

can't she learn to pluck them herself? if she just wants to tidy them up?

my friends 12 year old & all her friends 'get them done' at the salon, but they have the latest treatments & styles. They're far more 'put together' than I am!!

i wish we could wind the clocks back, to when I was that age. Mind you I lived in NZ then where the girls (even now) don't get into stuff like this so young.

16 unless they look terrible

Please could you post a link as this might be useful for me.