Ear Piercing

I think it depends on the child. SOme are sort of tom boyish and not into such things while others what to wear make up when they are six. Have you watched that Mom and Tiaras thing on tv? Ugh! I got mine done at nineteen. Wasn't into it until then. I was pregnant with my daughter then.

Hi Anne! I don't see anything wrong with your daughter getting her ears pierced at her age. If they can pierce a baby's ears (which I'm not really sure I agree with, then I think it's just fine. As you said, she's old enough to be responsible to take care of the "cleaning" etc. I didn't get my first piercings until I turned 21 (big scardy cat). My girlfriend who was a few years younger than me purposely bought me a pair of pierced earrings for my birthday and said "we're going after work"! And so we did! (She was way more mature than I was)lol She also drove us to Canada in her tiny sports car convertable-but, that's a whole other story! And then shortly after the first piercings I went for seconds! And about 8 years ago I decided to go for thirds!lol I wear rings on six fingers, 6 bracelets, 3 necklaces and I'm going to be 59 in 2 weeks! The only thing that I did want to do that I never did was get a tatoo! But, I think I'm a bit old for that~or am I?

My ears were pierced at one time, but I was allergic to the metal from the earrings, and I had to be hospitalize to get the earrings out of my ear. I can never wear earrings again because of my ears having been inflamed from the earrings that I was wearing.

if i am an adult that do not have pierced ears and i want them pierced, i can do it any time. but talking about children, i think a parent can have their child's ears picked as early as they are just born. some hospitals can do that service for the infants. i do not think there is a problem having the ears pierced early?

I believe the girls getting there ears pierced should be a babies age maybe around 4 months when that is old enough to get them done. I feel doing this to a baby helps people to realize they are a girl baby or a boy baby. It would help that as well but doing it when there a baby also helps becasue when they are older its already done and the pain they dont have to live through becasue when there a baby there in pain from other things as well and dont mind that as much as when they might be teething too. I would prefer to do it at a babies age but nothing wrong with doing it when there older either.

any age is good for ear pearcing in my opinion. i have seen kids as low as 9 have earings and piercings. there is nothing wrong with this in my opinion.

I would definitely wait till the person is in their teen years. I don't understand parents who pierce the ears of their small children. As for myself, I'm 29, almost 30, and I still don't have my ears pierced. I'm just not interested in putting a whole in my body, that I didn't have when I was born. Why should I change my body? I don't even wear makeup.

I feel very strongly that nobody should be permitted to have their ears piereced before the age of 16. Then they can make their own minds up. I see babies with piereced ears and just shriek. What gives anybody the right to molest another in that way. It is a disfigurement. Same with tattoos and cicumcision. Just call me an old fuddy duddy! LOL.

I always wished that my parents had got mine done for me when I was a young baby because then I wouldn't remember the pain and I wouldn't have been bothered about it. As it was, though, I was 18 when I finally got mine done because I was always so scared about the pain, and about looking after the piercing afterwards if they got infected or anything like that. I even had to take a friend with me to hold my hand because I was that scared of the pain. However I now know that it didn't hurt all that much, so I would do it again in the near future if I needed to for any reason at all.

Yes i agree on you that there's no wrong or right age to have ears pierced cause yes it is all up to the parent and child but i had my ear pierced when i was about 5 yrs. old and i remember it was really painful cause it was an old fashion ear piercing using a big needle with a thread unlike the ear piercing now, it's just fast and so quick that before a child would cry, it's done. I think it all depends on a child cause my niece got her ears pierced at 1 yr. old and it was ok and my other niece had hers by 9 months old but her earrings was removed after a week because of allergy...so it all depends on the child...

I got my ear pierced very early, at my 5 or 6 year old age. It was werid beacuse I was not willing to have the ear pierced, my parents insisted, they still don't agree me to get my hair curled.

I agree with you. I don't think there is a right or wrong age for a child to get their ears pierced. It depends on the parents, and the child. Personally, I would like to wait until my child is mature enough to understand and be responsible for the cleaning and care that comes with getting their ears pierced. Since all children to not mature at the same rate, there is no specific 'right' age to have their ears pierced. I think a general good age would be between 9 and 13. It just depends on the child's level of maturity and responsibility. Some children are more mature and responsible than others.

I had my ears pierced when I was still a baby. For me, it is the best time to pierce your kid's ears. The main reason is that, I never felt the pain because I was too young. I can't imagine piercing my ears now. I might collapse lol. Everyone in my family pierced their ears at a very young age so it was okay for us.

There are many mixed views on the subject. My mother made me wait a very long time, and when I did do it, she still did not like it. I have seen mothers that get their baby's ears pierced also. Sometimes I think that may have been a good thing so early because they won't be able to notice pain as much. The babies look so cute though, but I cannot say that would be my decision.