ear piercing.. what age?

[ditsydoll]

Just wondering what age you would deem suitable for your dds to have their ears pierced?

I don't see it like that at all LaRegina!

My Mum made me wait until 16, as did my bf's Mum so we had ours done together. I have told my dds the same, 16, but they are only 8 and 6, and not keen yet anyway.

I don't think there is a universal age. I had mine done with a gun at 16 and they didn't heal until I gave up on them age 20 and let them close, I had them done with a hollow needle aged 30 and they have healed perfectly.

I've discussed this with dd (10) and told her I would prefer her to be old enough to get them done with a needle but she says she'd rather not have them done anyway as she loves dancing and being active and she's squeamish about them ripping.

At the start of the summer holidays between primary and secondary.

I'm not a very strict parent, but that is something I will not back down on (no matter how much DD moans about it). DD is just far too bloody active for me to let her risk it, plus she is constantly rolling around on the floor with the dogs. I'm convinced one of them would rip them out.

She's the only one in her year without them, but she's also the only girl in her year that does ballet, tap, swimming, gymnastics - all of which would require her to take them out. Next year she is also moving to a school that has a blanket ban on all jewellery, so there is no point in her having them.

When she does have them done I will be taking her to a proper piercing studio so she has them done with a needle rather than a bloody gun.

I let my eldest have them just before her 11th birthday to tie in with school holidays and I wish I had said no as the backs of the earrings ended up inside her ear lobe and had to be cut out she now has very interesting earlobe scars (she's an adult)

I've not let any of my other children have them and I won't,what they choose to do when they are grown ups is up to them.

Wow - what happened in the world that having them pierced with guns is so wrong.
I've missed something obviously!???
Honestly - I have no idea.
Had mine done at 16 with a gun (now mid 40's) and then again at 18 (2nd holes) with a gun and all fine.
My DD had hers done 5 years ago with a gun and all OK.
Confused.com!

I think 11 or thereabouts is prob about right. I'd take them to a proper piercer though, not Claire's Accessories.

Guns cannot usually go in a autoclave they also don't aid healing and can cause tissue trauma.

And that's not even getting on to the huge difference in training required between the two methods

dd had hers first done age 7 (her request, I took lots of persuading) she didn't like the aftercare & after a couple of weeks of tantrums at every earring turn & earlobe clean I said if she didn't just let me do it with no tantrum she'll have to take them out!!! So she did!!

Had them re-done at her own expense at age 9 & this time all was fine!

Thanks Sock I had no idea there was anything wrong with it.
Cheers

~11th birthday, Y6 very common here, people often wait for holidays.

DD2 was a typical younger sibling and got hers done for her 10th birthday.

My mum made me wait till 16, dds 1 and 2 had them done at 14 dd3 was 12 couldnt listen to the moaning any longer

DD was 7. She wanted it done, she promised to look after them (which she did), and she understood that there was no way I'd let her have them done at Claire's or similar -- they'd be done with a needle.

I was 5 and was well able to clean and look after them myself. I had no problems and am glad I had them done then. I had piercings done in my teens that didn't heal half as well because I didn't look after them as well as I did as a small child.

i had mine done at 10, probably the last girl in my class at school at the time. dd is only 3, i guess it depends when she asks but i doubt i'd say yes until she's 8 or 9 ish, as long as she can understand the concept that it's going to hurt a bit!

First at 13 months, second at 11yrs.
My choice obviously, I don't expect anyone to agree with me.

I had mine done first time a few weeks before turning 13 (hard and fast rule by DM). Then I had to have them redone. Then I had my second hole done as a sixteenth birthday present.
At some point I stopped wearing earrings (I don't remember when) so the holes closed. I got them re-pierced (just the one hole) a couple of weeks ago, and tragically, at 32 I haven't been looking after them as well as I should (I clean then once a day). One ear I think got infected, I'm not sure, but otherwise they've been fine. I can't WAIT to be able to change the earrings.

The weirdest thing of getting them repierced nearly 20 years later, as I had completley forgotten what it felt like, and the second the piercing happened it was like I was a kid again, getting my ears pierced for the first time.

Thank God I don't have girls. Sounds like earrings are practically mandatory for female children these days. Why the fuck would you want holes in your bloody ears anyway? Makes no sense to me at all.

DD has been asking regularly (several times a year) to have hers done since she was three; she has just turned 11 and I will let her have them done in the Christmas holidays.

My mother put a total ban on having ears pierced (it was a bit common ) so I snuck off and had them done when I was 14, second hole when I was 16...

18. An 18 year old is officially considered an adult and can make their own decisions.

18. An 18 year old is officially considered an adult and can make their own decisions

Pretty sure that when it comes to this sort of thing that happens at 16 in the uk not 18

Mine is 7 and doesn't want them done but I will let her whenever she asks as I remember how badly I wanted it done and had to wait till 13. Am more than happy to use the gun and go to Claire's, it's only on MN that thighs is appears to be an issue. I have several holes, all guns and no issues at all.

Dd was 8 - her choice, she's now 10 and has more pairs of earrings then anybody I know. But I have strictly banned dangly or big garish ones.

Dd1 was six, dd2 has just turned 6 and has no inclination to get it done. Their school has no issue with them wearing stud earrings & dd1 hasn't need to tape them up for swimming, dancing, PE, tennis.

So a girl below 18 can't make their own decisions