Professional and safe ear piercing for little girl.

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My daughter is four years and four months old. She wishes to have her ear pierced. We live in SE11 London and I am looking for a safe and recommended place to have the procedure done.
I am aware needle piercing causes less damage to the earlobe than using a gun. Has any of your children have needle ear piercing done? Or is gun piercing now safe?
Can you help?
Thank you.

I have 2 5 year olds op, relatively smart at times. They are 5 though so do dumb things, have daft ideas and change their minds about a million times a day. Which is fine, because they are 5 and have no need to make life long decisions.

I am a live and let live type but piercing kids is a massive pet hate that I can't just shrug off, there is absolutely no harm in waiting until she's older

@CornflakeHomunculus
If you want to prove the 2017 guidelines are the same as the 2000 one then prove it else shut up!
Why don't you back off and annoy someone else?
Your comments are merely based on personal opinions and not experience. I want to hear from someone who has experienced this technic.
Who is talking about piercing the nipple of a 12 years old? This post is about ear piercing. Once again you are diverting this discussion thread to your purpose!
Just shut up once and for all!

@MinorRSole I am not asking for your personal opinion on ears piercing. I am asking people for recommendations of a safe and professional place to take my child to have her ears pierced. It isn't against the law!
Which part of the English language don't you people understand?

To this day I remember the Horrendous pain of getting my ears pierced, but that was with a gun. I can't speak for the needle route, hopefully it's much less painful.
I'm not trying to pick an argument, but please bear in mind it could put her off needles.

If you search the (many) threads on MN about piercings, you'll see consistent advice going back at least a decade about using saline not antiseptic, not turning or twiddling, and preferring needle to gun.

It really is long-standing advice. You won't do any harm with alcohol or antiseptic, but healing will probably take longer.

And OP, as you brought up other piercings (care of navel), it's not remotely surprising that other posters meander in exactly the same way as you chose to do.

Which part of the English language don't you people understand?

which part did you miss?

Obviously that's hugely different to ear lobes but still, just because someone will do it doesn't mean they should do it.

I'm responding in the same way that you are! rudely

Many people here are saying that 4yrs old is too young for ear piercing, afterall what is your plan when she wants a tattoo?

You clearly know what you are talking about, so the only advice I have is to reiterate what other posters have asked- what is the school's policy regarding pierced ears?

well, shoot me down in flames but I think having a child's ears pierced at 4 is almost abuse.
It's putting holes in her ears, inflicting pain and making her vulnerable to infections.

At 4, she has no idea WHAT she wants and you are a bad parent if you think a 4 yr old can make a sensible, mature judgement about things like this.

What else might she want to do which you give in to because you think she is 'mature'?

I had my ears pierced at 24. My DD was 15.

You should tell your DD she is too young and can have it done when she is older.

I agree PollyPerky Funny how the OP completely ignored the point I made much earlier in the thread about teachers having to deal with them at PE.

I've told our DD who is 4 that she can't have them yet (my choice not a dig at anyone who is having their kids ears pierced at 4) and I've also decided that the day she does go to get them done, I'll get the second holes in my ears opened up again first so she can actually see the process and then make a decision.

pinkyredrose thank you! Will Google them.

my child is in a full-time nursery in a primary school, and her primary school has assessed her as being advanced and above the average academic level for her age.

OP Can I respectfully suggest you look for a parenting course, rather than a piercer?

To think that because your DD is a little bit ahead of her peers and this gives her the emotional maturity to make decisions over what is best for her leaves me speechless.

When she is set to get 11 A*s for GCSEs and wants to take hard drugs, smoke and drink would you then say 'she's ahead at school and is mature'? Where does your child's 'wishes' overrule your role as an adult?

She is barely beyond toddler stage at 4. I am saying this as a retired teacher. There is no correlation between managing the curriculum at 4 and having emotional maturity. You appear to know very little about child development and a parent's responsibility.

OP, you're incredibly rude.

Wow, OP, you really aren't getting how this forum works, are you?

You don't tell people to shut up if you don't agree with them.

The OP is obviously academically mature and ahead of all other posters on here.

I would suggest that she ask her dd's nursery before having her ears pierced. I wonder what they might say.

I have a good grasp of the English language op but thanks for asking.

In response to your comment about it not being illegal, I think it should be. That's my opinion and I have as much right to post it as you have to disagree with it.

In my mind there would no suitable recommendation because I would want to believe that no reputable piercer would agree to pierce the ears of such a young child

This has been a fun thread 😂

My DD at that age wanted her ears pierced, we agreed she could have a hampster indtead on the basis that she would wait till 12 until she asked again.
As it was, she was then 14/15 by the time she go around to it in the end!