11 year old belly button piercing

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Is it too young or am I over reacting ?

Way too young. No decent piercer will do it at that age even with parental consent.

Far too young, no question.

Surely no piercer would do it? Clearly too young.

Far too young in my town it's 14 minimum age

definitely too young.

Well funnily I know of a girl who’s had it done with parental consent and I was shocked to read online there’s no minimum age !

Maybe not legally (I haven’t checked) but no reputable piercing place would do it, very dodgy.

I'm quite relaxed with piercing - DD 12yo has a few including the top of her ear and her nose. She has asked for her belly button and I've said no for now

Reputable piercers have 11 as the minimum age for ear lobe piercings and definitely wouldn’t do a belly button under 13/14.

They definitely went to a shop and had it done properly. Quite a well known place too. Mum said she wanted her daughter to feel she could go to her now she’s in big school and not see her as against her with things like this. It’s ‘just a piercing’ idk how I feel about it!

I think that's obscenely young. I didn't let my daughter get her ears pierced at that age, let alone her belly button.

I think it's too young but if she takes the jewellery out the hole will heal. It's not permanent.

I had mine done at 11. It is just a piercing. Never caused me any issues.

I thought it was 13 for anything other than ear but that is the US. In the UK it is by local authotity and for most it is 16:
https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/ask-the-police/question/Q735#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20minimum%20age,a%20condition%20of%20the%20licence.

Did you do it with parental permission? Did it have the effect that you was indeed closer to parents for being allowed ? Sorry I’m curious

I bet that shop is not covered by Insurance to pierce someone that young. I would worry it is questionable with regards to hygiene etc.

I didn’t think any piercers would do it that young to be honest.
I would say too young. But then I got mine done at 14 because my mum wouldn’t let me get my ears pierced and she couldn’t see that. Back then they didn’t ask for parental consent if you looked old enough. I’m pretty relaxed about piercings. If my dd wanted it done at that age I’d have to think about it carefully. It wouldn’t be a straight no

Pick your battles.

Over reacting in my opinion.

I don't see why it's any different to an ear piercing really. If she changes her mind it'll close up.

I had mine pierced at 10.

It's shocking.

11? You can’t be serious. Of course it’s too young, way way too young.

I guess it’s each to their own then. I was just a bit shocked

It closes with a scar - those saying it’s not an issue. I hate my scar, but I had so much trouble with it. Never properly healed. I wore jeans a lot then, and it rubbed on my waist band and was always bleeding or weeping gunk.

I think she’s nearly 12 and she is in all honesty very grown up for her age, I think mum is trying to be more of a friend to try and regain some control and limit destructive behaviour as was caught smoking not long ago but now that has stopped as she’s eased with other rules.

I had mine at 18 over 35 years ago. Hole is still there and only has anything in it for a year. I’m shocked someone so young could get it done