Eye lash perming for an 8 year old girl?!

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My friend has recently taken her 8 year old daughter to a salon to perm her eye lashes and wax her eye brows. Am I being unreasonable to think that it's a bit much for an 8 year old, and a bit irresponsible. Or am I just being a killjoy? What do you think?

My eyes used to run when I had my hair permed - wouldn't put perming solution anywhere near my eyes.

That's why I'm TBH.

Not just tacky but potentially dangerous.

Permed eyelashes...? I've heard it all now.

YANBU.

What a horrible message to give to an 8 year old - that she's not "good" enough the way she is.

Eeewwwwww... YANBU

I am really surprised that the salon allowed it. I think I would report the salon and see what the local council thought of it.

You can't do much now about your friends DD but if you feel that outraged by it do something aboout the salon so they dont do it again - must be a licencing/governing body for beauty salons.

awful! like getting your child's ear's pierced before they can say their own name. im 18, had to wait till i was 13 to get my ears pierced, wasnt allowed to wear any make up at all until i was 16, and even then, just mascara. and its still all i wear, and still only have the one piercing becuae she was right. my baby will be treated in the same way.

YANBU Children usually have beautiful eyelashes anyway. I wouldnt let perm solution anywhere near my eyelashes (the few that remain). Its gross.

Saw 2 utterly pre-pubescent girls this week both with false nails.... We were literally .

but this eye lash perming???? disgraceful... what is that mother teaching her child... what are our females of the future going to think of themselves??

FFS. Anyone who has their eyelashes permed must be stuck for something to spend their money on, but for an 8 year old??? What kind of message is that sending out? Bloody ridiculous. When will these women stop thinking that what you look like is more important than anything else? (stomps off raging.....)

normal for loughton

It's terrible, I read an article in a respectable broad sheet recently about young girls in the US going to the beauty salon with Mommy to have the full works including leg and BIKINI waxing! so they get used to it and their bikini line hair will stay soft and fine, i think it was called a tweenkini wax, still makes me Effing mad thinking about it now.

It sounds far too young to me. Cannot believe that a mother would even suggest it tbh.
birthdoula that is gross.

Why are you thinking it’s ok to just shake this young girl for wanting to look pretty and the mother probably wanted her daughter to have everything she ever wished for in life you have no idea how disgusting and jealous u all sound

darling1234 why would i be jealous? I am a grown woman who gets her own brows and nails done (fortunately have very long dark lashes so never needed perming or extensions) - where would jealousy come from?

Its not just jealousy that provokes criticism, sometimes its just piss-poor parenting.

The eyebrows I’m less outraged (I had mine done from about aged 10 as had a miobrow and hated it). Lashes - just no! Chemicals and completely unnecessary

Ok. Let's move on. The girl's in OP's post is 17 by now

Girl, sorry

No beauty insurer would permit this so it would have been carried out uninsured.

They are the only people that can be contacted.

There's no regulation as such in the beauty industry and Insurence tends to be to follow manufacturers instructions so unless there's a minimum age on the instructions they could well be fully insured, although most do have the minimum age. This been said as a mother and beauty therapist I have a moral obligation and I would never carried out these treatmements on a child! Unfortunately I've turned parents of children away who've gone on to someone else who will do it and they tend to be the uninsured and untrained therapists