To allow 14 year old to gave piercing to cure migraines

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My 14 year old dd doesn't even have her ears pierced but asked if she can have the daith piercing, as it's supposed to cure migraines (of which she is plagued with).

Has anyone had this done & it helped/cured their migraines?

Is what legal? Ear piercing? Yes of course it is, if your parent takes you and signs the consent
My DD15 signed her own consent but I was present for her last piercing in a tattoo shop

It’s very well evidenced that a) many people get good results from placebo treatment of migraine

So why don’t triptans and Migraleve work better? Presumably sufferers believe and hope they’re going to work.

I had it done after reaching the end of my tether for all of the reasons above:

I liked how it looked
If I then decided it didn’t work and I didn’t like it, I could take it out
I had nothing to lose

I went from having a migraine every two weeks to probably once or twice a year (with milder ‘headaches’ every now and then) - so much better. And I get compliments all the time. It flippin’ hurt though!! And took a year to heal.

I would definitely let her get it done. Heard some great reports of it. Did (17) went to get hers done - suffers terrible migraines, but her faith wasn’t big enough to take the piercing.

There is no real proper evidence that the daith cures migraines - it didn't make any difference to mine either.

I took it out after a couple of years

I’ve never heard of it before. But a quick glance shows there’s no evidence because there’s been no clinical trials...

I’m not sure how you’d test it scientifically anyway.

Acupuncture. 1 session and no further migraines. Chinese acupuncture not western. It’s about £40 I had a couple more sessions just to make sure they’d gone and she said I may have to have occasional top ups. I do do yoga regularly too for relaxation.

But I’d let her have a piercing no problem.

The daith piercing helps some people, even if by a placebo effect. My boss has had this done, and says that she's not had migraines for a while now.

I'd let your DD have this. However, piecers are generally licenced by the local councils, and my council doesn't allow needle piercing for under 16s.

Migraine trust say ' no evidence'.

But better than sugar pills, at least it won't rot her teeth or support a charlatan.

Try an indwelling acupuncture needle - one left in the ear and taped down- first. Much less painful and designed to give continuous stimulation to the same spot.

Some great tips there, thanks everyone!

The gold standard in scientific research is the clinical trial. Preferably a blind placebo trial, which would be hard to arrange In this circumstance.
It may be effective, but the research hasn’t been done. Several posters have said dismissively that there is no evidence that it doesn’t work, as if that means it doesn’t. It just
means it’s unresearched.

'no evidence' is a fact. Facts aren't dismissive or rude. The piercing will hurt like hell but so do migraines. Nothing to lose.

Homeopathy on the other hand is proven horseshit.

This is just anecdotal, but my niece had a daith piercing aged 19 hoping that it would help her migraines, which were frequent & severe. She found they did reduce in both severity and frequency, and now aged 22 she hardly gets them.

I'd let a 14 year old have the piercing without a second thought.

Homeopathy works on babies and animals so probably not just placebo, though relationship with homeopath and their intuition may be part of it. Dietary (nutritional) advice also helps some.
The royal family use homeopathy, doctors prescribe it in Germany, loads of people including nurses use arnica for bruises. I'm not claiming it's scientifically proven and I wouldn't use it for a broken leg, but it does work on some things doctors can't cure, and without side effects.

Acupuncture works on animals too. I know a vet who does acupuncture and homeopathy in her clinic and says it works. It just does.

I have my daith pierced. It didn’t hurt at all getting it done, healed incredibly well (compared to multitude of other piercings) and I can sleep on that side easily.

You could also very easily fit jewellery that didn’t show, for school - as so tucked away.

But my piercist went to great lengths to tell me there is no evidence it beats migraines.

I’m against most piercings for minors, but as a migraine sufferer, I would let her do it. It might be a placebo, but you should not discount the value of placebos.

I firmly believe chocolate cheesecake helps me shake off my migraine when I am finally coming out of it. Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m right, but it makes me feel better and I’ve often been without food for a day or more so it doesn’t hurt to eat it.

Our cat had acupuncture for arthritis in her back legs - it was amazing. She started jumping about.

In my day you didn’t ask your parents if you could have a piercing, you just went to the King’s Road.

A good friend of mine had that piercing done and swears it practically cured her migraines overnight. This was reinforced for her when it fell out and it was several months before she could replace it and her migraines returned the whole time