What age for ears pierced?

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Almost 8 year old is asking more and more to get her ears pierced.

I am not going to let her yet. I say she can get them done when she is 18.

But just wondering what age parents have allowed them to get done.

I am thinking 10 / 11 at the very youngest but I will happily push it longer than that.

She did tell me the other day that it would have been easier if I had got them done as a baby

DD was 13, the offer was needle or nothing. She started asking at 11 but baulked at the needle element.

I was 8, and my daughter has just had hers done at the beginning of the summer holidays, 4 weeks before her 9th birthday. She’s been asking for a while and my niece (15) was getting her second ear piercing, so my sister offered to take dd with them and pay as her birthday present. Dd is the first in her class to have them done, so I’m not sure it was down to peer pressure, and not many of her friends away from school have them done. I was the same sort of age, so I don’t see the big deal about getting them done now, and she’s been brilliant at the aftercare and keeping them clean.

9th birthday. She was the last girl in her class!

Aw poor girl

We will always be our DD's primary role models.

Whilst DP (and I) obtained numerous piercings through DD's childhood, and she herself (20) now carries a handful (along with numerous tattoos), DP has worn minimal makeup a handful of times in 20 years and doesn't worry about hairstyle (although changing as she's started to lose clumps due to AI condition).

DD, on the other hand, wears plenty of makeup daily and cares fastidiously about her hair, both of which she definitely hasn't gotten from her mother.

I do think you make a compelling argument for piercing of girls/women compared to boys/men though.

Where in earth is the school where all the girls have their ears pierced by 9??? I'm just boggled by that.

That is 100% peer pressure.

It was 12 for my two.
Although since then they’ve gone on to have seconds —and thirds— now they’re mid teens.

My daughter was 6.

My DD doesn’t intend to have hers done at all. It’s seen as old fashioned and rough at her school, and hardly anyone has them.

My 10yr old wanted them done so did them at the beginning of the holidays. She’s on her way to hospital now to have one removed from her lob as it swelled up and
swallowed the earring!

So she’s now banned from having them re pierced until she’s 16!

Wow, a lot of kids waiting until secondary school?!! Dd had them done on her 7th Birthday, which is usual here in Ireland.

I was 10 when i first had them done, then i added another 5 holes in one ear and 7 in the other, many years latter i dont wear any ! DD was 16 and DGD was 10

When they're old enough to ask and make the decision themselves I suppose so could be 6,7 and above.

Most women have pierced ears and will eventually get them done so as long as they're old enough to decide they want them done themselves I don't see the need to make them wait until they're 16.

I don't agree with piercing a small child or babies ears but I don't think there is any long term harm.
I'm an 80's child and had my ears pierced before I could crawl, I never wear earrings but I have no feelings either way about them being pierced.

I was 7 back in the 80s for my communion I can remember the excitement.
I personally would let DD at 8. My DD wont get them she is 11 she's terrified of the sharp pain from needle or gun.

Ditto EmeraldShamrock !

because getting your ears pierced has everything to do with receiving communion for the first time, hasn't it. I didn't have pierced ears for my First Communion, nor did anyone I know. Because it's got fuck all to do with it!

I think, when they are old enough to properly clean and care for them.

My DD was 8 when she got her first ones done, but they became infected and the back of one lodged in the piercing hole.

She got her second a few weeks ago and is nearly 12 now and this time has cared for them properly and they've healed well.

Just let DD have hers done at 11. Pierced on day 1 of the holidays and she'll be taking them out and replacing with easily removable studs the day before starting high school (so no PE issues). She's continuing with her after school activities (gymnastics/dance/diving)throughout the holidays with them covered up with plasters/tape.

She has been incredibly sensible and responsible with them - cleaning twice daily etc. and actually found the process of having them done (she's terrified of needles) quite an achievement/positive step to confronting her fears. It was entirely her decision (with my ultimate approval of course) and we did discuss it for some time beforehand.

When they can desire for themselves if they want it done

I was 14, but if I had a daughter (i don't have kids)I would say when they ask and are able to independently deal with the aftercare. At a case, no younger than 11 or 12, preferably older.

I was 7 and a bit, almost 8 I think. I was quite mature and knew my mind. DD is about the same age now, but young for her age. I would prefer to leave it until maybe the summer before high school when she'll be just over 12. I refuse to get hers done with a gun, so I think showing her the needle will put her off for a while.

My parents wouldn't allow me or my sisters to have pierced ears. They thought it looked "common", like painted nails and red lipstick! So I was 23 when I finally had mine done!

When they ask to have it done. Mine were pierced at the age of 3, I remember asking just before Xmas and that was my main present! I still remember how painful I thought it was even though it was 28 years ago! I had my belly button pierced at 13 and tongue pierced at 16 once I left school. I don't even remember asking my mum about the tongue 👅! Whoops.