to pierce or not to peiece?

[primabella]

Carole, I don't think that it will as far as getting belly buttons pierced at an early age. I have been wanting to get mine pierced for a long time and my dad said: Absolutely no way! He is a very traditional Lebanese man. I finally got my belly button pierced last week!! He still flipped!!

lol

I know I really want my ear pierced again but just as my mom was considering it, she went out and got some second opinions from her friends. They said no and so did my mom

[Tweety_Pie]

I first got my my ears peirced at 4, the earing gun was broken and they didn't know, when they went to peirce my ear the gun jammed on my ear and the earing was in crooked(sp?) and it hurt so MUCH! My mom didn't end up paying for that because they really hurt my ear! It was bleeding alot to. So when I was 7 I went back to get my first hole done again. And that time it worked lol. and 4 weeks ago I got my second hole done.

[Cookiebaker]

My parents never really believed in ear piercing, and I have never bothered to go get it done. I dunno, maybe someday...

[Andie]

Originally posted by primabella
I know I really want my ear pierced again but just as my mom was considering it, she went out and got some second opinions from her friends. They said no and so did my mom

Apparently my mom is just cool cuz she was the one who suggested I get my second holes! She wanted a second set too but she chickened out.

[carole]

Hey folks i was being flippant about the belly button piercing, but hey u say its the norm for girls to have them done, at any age it seems, well whos to say in twenty thirty yrs time it might be the norm for belly buttons at any age lol.
Actually i think belly button piercing is rather attractive, on the right belly, and i mean their are some bellies that just should be covered up.
Kingratuss (Hope i got your name correct) can you please tell me why you chose to get your babies ears done, and i have to say your reasoning, well they dont know whats going on , at that early age, so i guess you assume they dont feel the pain the same, well thats what they say about circumcision, of course it is little bit more of a major than ears being pierced i know, but they have used that reasoning for years.
Anyways it is a personal decision and each to their own, i just dont agree with it at such an early age thats all, i think they should beable to make their own decision.cheers

[Soledad]

Babies don't make a lot of decisions. They don't get to decide what religion they'll be brought up in, what clothes they'll be wearing, what foods they'll be eating, and the list can go on.

Medically, there is nothing wrong with piercing a baby's ears. It is up to the PARENT to decide. Not a baby or child.

[RubyMutt]

I kinda wish I had mine pierced as a baby. As soon as I went into middle school I LOVED tattoos and piercings, but didn't have ANY. Not even lobes. My mom is a little anti-body mods. When my dad took me and my sister to Las Vegas when I was 16 he let me get my ears pierced down there. My mom was okay with that. Now I'm 19 and can get tattoos and piercings on my own... heh heh... my mom wasn't too thrilled at first, but she's okay with them now.
So, obviously, I think it's okay to get a baby's ear pierced as a baby. If the kid doesn't like them when it gets older, he/he can always take them out.

[carole]

soledad what is wrong with a 8-ten year old deciding if they want their ears pierced or not, they are old enough to know what they want then u know,
yes of course the PARENTS will always have to make the decisions regarding their children,thats the way it will always be and has to be.
I am a parent who prefers to guide my children not make all their decisions for them,i also have taken the approach with religion, my children are not raised in any faith, but have been exposed to many different faiths and cultures , as nz is a muliti=-cultural society, there are over 35 different races at my daughters school,, so she has lots of friends from all over the world, and has enjoyed going with them to their churches, but she will decide if she wants religion or not.
Now that does not mean i let a ten year old RULE, dont get what i am saying wrong and take it out of text please.
I guess i have raised a somewhat different issue here, but just trying to get my point across.
I think we shall have to agree to disagree, i dont look at young kids with ears pierced with disgust or anything, its just not what i would want for my child ok.
p.s. i had another thought, perhaps why babies dont get infections the same, is they are not going around touching everything and not washing their hands, which as we all know kids are famous for

[2kitties]

I think it is cute. It doesn't bother me.

I got mine pierced for my birthday right before entering my first day of school. It made me feel so "grown up" for school.

I got a belly ring when I was 25. I thought it was really pretty. But, after one fall on the ski slope and a little blood, I took it out. Now, I'm strictly ear pierced!

[CathyBogart]

I haven't got a problem with it. My little cousins had it done before they left the hospital and it was adorable.

I guess my mom is just really cool....because she wanted to go get our belly buttons pierced together when I was 16 and I chickened out!

[Cincy'sMom]

Originally posted by popcornbird

Ps. I noticed several people here that got it done late had problems with infections? I know that most kids that get it done as babies don't have such problems.

I'm sure there are reasons, but I would guess one of them is that a baby isn't going toplay with it where as by the age of 4 or older, kids play inthe dirt and then play with their earrings. Also, while the parents properly care for a babie earrings, a teenager is more likely to do (or raher not do) it themselves.

I got my first holes done in about 3rd grade, the second ones a few years later, and did the third myself in 8th or 9th grade. Finally, I got my left ear pierced at the top (with my mom) when we were picking out the material for the bridesmaids dresses in my wedding. I wear earrings so seldom, I think I can only get earrings in the first holes and the single one.

[RICHARD]

the latest twist on ear piercing is 'gauging'

what that is is the placement of a tube into the earhole
to enlarge the diameter of the 'pierce'........

pretty funny to think that these people are going to spend money
on getting the holes closed when they get older.....

[Uabassoon]

Yup that would be me. But I've gotten my ears gauged very slowly as in I wait several months between each new gauge and after going up one more size I'm going to stop. If you do it over a long period of time and stop at a certain size they will close on their own. So while I hate waiting months in between I do realize then in a few years I'm going to say "why in the world did I do this!?"

[Soledad]

pretty funny to think that these people are going to spend money

Don't they just close up on their own?

[RICHARD]

depends...

once the 'gauge' comes out the bottom of the ear droops.
it hangs because of the hole...check out some pics in a Nat'l.
Geo book on the african tribes folks and look at some of
the gauging that's gone on there.