April 30, 2010
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Belly Piercings for a Girl
I mentioned the other day that my 6-year-old daughter asked to get her ears pierced and my wife thought that she was ok because she was old enough to ask.
So many agreed thinking that if she was old enough to ask, then it was ok. Others mentioned it was not a big deal because it was just the ears being pierced. That caused me to wonder if people would feel differently if it was a belly ring.
How old should a girl be in order to get a belly piercing?
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18, just like tattooing.
Over 18, unless it’s my daughter. Then the number jumps to 52 1/2 or whenever she retires.
Belly button rings get infected too much. skanky.
pierce da titties
At least 16. I don’t think a six-year-old is able to comprehend the amount of pain and responsibility a belly piercing involves.
16 I think I’m getting mine done when I turn 18 as a birthday present to myself.
The two locations have pretty different intentions, in my opinion.
Not a clue…
But I wonder if an eye has ever been put out by being shot with a belly ring from a pregnant chick whose belly got to big…
ew.
I’m going to say 16 for this simply because girls under 18 are going to find some way to get piercings done if they want to bad enough. Ear piercings are regarded much differently than any other piercing. Even people that do not believe in piercings may sometimes tend to forget that ear piercings are actually piercings. It’s just not looked down upon to pierce the ears. Nobody thinks anything of it.
16.
I don’t do the whole wait till a certain age thing. I also don’t do huge fights over things that are not really that big a deal so If one of my girls wants one we’ll investigate, talk about the risks etc. and she has to want it for an entire year before I’ll even consider it.
Dead, because that’s how old my future daughter will be before she gets one of those kinds of piercings.
NO YOUNGER THAN 18!!
hmmm not sure. I got mine pierced when I was 14, almost 15.
I was 16 and I knew how to look after it so the chance of infection was minimal. If anyone knows how to look after it then why not. I guess you’d preferably be over 15
18.
I made my daughter wait until she was 15.
My mom said I could get it done when I turn 15. Probably because I wanted snake bites or a monroe. I’m not gonna get any of them done though, too much pain.
I see this so much at school! 6t, 7th, and 8th graders with piercings EVERYWHERE and TATOOS! WTH???? What parent would allow that I always wonder, but then, I never see or hear from these parents until their kid is being retained. I honestly believe that ears are fine at any age, but ANYTHING beyond, 18 AND OUT OF THE HOUSE!
I don’t think belly button piercings have any connotations :l Really?
Tit piercing on the other hand… yeah >_> Invitation to flash, ho.
The only reason I wouldn’t recommend a really young age is because they’re bodies are stil growing and developing, and I’m pretty sure that’d fuck up the piercing and make it incredibly painful.
Um I want to be a piercer and I’d say hmm 15. Without signature. Merely because well if you don’t like it, take it out. It’s not like tattoos.
16.
I think I was 14 though, maybe 15.
My mom got it done too. lol
She thought I wouldn’t want to anymore if she said she was gonna get it too. I didn’t back out, so I guess she thought she couldn’t either.
@tobeyouronlylove - You barely feel facial, especially lip piercings when you get them.
For ear piercings, I think 13 is okay so long as the teen is mature enough to keep them clean and everything. But belly rings? I told my husband our daughters could wait until they’re 18 for those because they are meant to draw attention to their midriff for a reason… He thinks 16 is okay. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there
a couple of my friends got them done at 13…so I guess 13 or 14. Hard to believe but I wanted a navel piercing when I was 12!! Now i’ve sort of grown out of wanting one…they can leave really nasty stretchmarks.
I think that is for the parents and the kid to decide…although, most kids would just go out and do it anyway, so i couldn’t say what age.
I’d say 16 – 18.
you can only get your ears legally pierced if you’re younger than 16. anything else, you must be at least 16 with parental consent (and your ID, and your parent’s ID, and them with you, and signing waivers, etc, etc…) or 18 without.
i got my ears pierced the first time when i was really little. then i got them pierced again before i was 6. however my mom has her nose and navel pierced, as well as (at least) 9 piercings on her ears. soo…no one under 16 should have their belly button pierced (it’s illegal too. if the parents want to sue the piercer, it counts as a sexual harassment lawsuit. at least in my state). unless they do it to themselves and run the risk of infection. plus it hurts and takes a lot of maintenance that young kids really can’t comprehend.
Belly rings take more work to keep clean and they have the association with being slutty or skanky. Me, personally, I’d wait till she was 15 to get any body/facial piercings and even then, I’d review my kids behavior. If she normally the type to keep herself clean, tidy, and overall take care of her appearance? If so then I’d be more sure that she would keep a piercing clean.
If not, then maybe I’d think twice about it.
18.
at least eighteen, but perferably when they get married cause in my opinion no one should see it before then, esp the public. and for the pierced ears i think as soon as they ask but def. not before becuase no kid should go thro that pain unless it is what they want or neccessary for survival.
I got mine done when I was 13.
With this in mind, I do not wear bikinis, I do not show my belly..ever!
It was simply something i wanted just for myself. My mother was fine with it.
I guess just know your daughter… Find out why she wants it done, it could be just peer pressure. And work out if she will parade herself around.
: )
18 and only if you don’t plan on her being innocent anymore.
Seriously.
18, when you can get it done yourself. If you need a legal guardian to sign for you, then you’re probably too young.
Well, other piercings require the person (child) receiving them to be at least 16, with their parents written permission and signature on several forms. (At least where I’m at) Those sorts of laws/regulation are in place for good reason. Piercings other than ears hurt more, are more likely to get infected if not cared for well, and have a high rejection rate.
This is so irritating. As a former piercer I get somewhat annoyed when people forget the obvious answer – belly piercings are appropriate when you’re DONE GROWING. No quality piercer will pierce your navel until you’ve mostly completed growing – usually 16 at the earliest. If you do it earlier and the piercee grows even an inch or two, the piercing will stretch and the jewelry more often than not will force its way out, leaving you with an ugly scar, not to mention causing pain and putting you at risk for infection. “Take it out” is an easy answer…unless it’s already infected, at which point you’re letting your body heal around an infection, trapping it beneath the skin (the outer parts of a piercing will heal first, leaving the inner part open and still infected. Ironically, the treatment for this is to insert a drain…which looks like shit, and could have been avoided by leaving the jewelry in! Another huge annoyance of mine – so many claim their piercings got “infected” so they took them out and it all cleared up. Even DOCTORS will tell people that, simply due to ignorance or possibly disdain for body modification. But a genuine infection will not just go away because you take the jewelry out. More often than not it’s irritation.
But alas, I digress.
Piercing is such a fun job to have! Good luck in it!
@alliebearsieswakeup - Since you want to be a piercer my comment might apply to you as well
At least fourteen, and understanding their intentions.
@radicalsounds - Thank you I wll be sure to remember 16 at the earliest if I become one!
I’d have to say nevAR! because I think they’re skanky. And they get infected too much. My stupid friend is always showing me hers. Either she’s trying to be cute and show me her stomach or she’s just an attention whore.
@radicalsounds - ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I did not know that it’ll stretch like that. Yuck.
i think 18 for belly button just because the stomach stretches and grows a lot over the years and piercing it early might look weird later on. plus, the belly button is a lot harder to take care of than the ears.
i was sixteen when my mom took me to get mine done.
we’ll press that button when we get to it
my mom would have let me when I was 15 if I wanted to because that is when my sister got one but due to the fact that I am allergic to all types of metal I couldnt. Also my sister has now removed her belly button ring now that she is 22 because she finds it immature. So I think it depends on the girl and the reason that they got it.
I asked my stepdaughter to wait and really think carefully before tattooing/piercing. She waited until she was 18 before getting her first tattoo and belly piercing. And she asked her dad to hold her hand during the piercing. Silly girl.
belly rings always look trashy (to me). if you want to look skanky, you can wait until you’re 18.
18
16.
I think 18 for that. I think it’s better to really take responsibility for a choice like that.
Whenever they leave home and take responsibility for buying their own antibiotics.
I really don’t see the big deal is. Age is just a number, it’s all about maturity level.
I think 18 is the right age, but 16 could be compromised. The reason I say 18 is because when you’re younger, most of the things you want to do, you’re not really doing it for yourself and when you get older, those desires start to fade and you find what you actually truly want. It’s much more satisfying knowing you’re getting a piercing after years of contemplating it and knowing it wasn’t a capricious decision.
18 and living in their own apartment.
When she hits menopause.
15
My daughters can get their belly pierced when I am no longer supporting them. I don’t necessarily think it’s wrong or immoral, just a dumb thing to do, so not under my care.
i got my belly button pierced when i was 16. i think 15 or 16 is a pretty good age. definitely not 6 because, well, she’s 6… and i don’t think her body would be mature enough.
@ShimmerBodyCream - i’ve had my belly button pierced for about a year and it’s never been infected before. it’s got a way lower chance of getting infected if you take proper care of it.
18, for the win!
i got mine done at 16, i had wanted it for 3 years but after a while decided that no one under 16 should have a belly ring.
I think pericing ears is the norm, mostly every girl has there ears pierced, therefore it becomes more soically accecptable. I had my ears pierced as a baby, I am glad this desion was made for me I don’t get them piereced again till I was like 16. I think for a belly ring u would need to be around 16-18.
18. Though I was 16 when I got my eyebrow pierced but my mom signed for it..So I guess if the parent signs for it then 16, but if not than 18.
18
i’d say 16 or 17… preferably 18. i know i’ll never get one though because they’re so easily infected and get caught on things all the time. every one i know who has one is always complaining about it because it got caught on her shirt, something hit her stomach, etc… and i just associate them with skankiness. when i think belly button ring, i think of the typical girls who got them at my highschool just so they could lift their shirts up in the middle of the cafeteria to show the world…
16 with parents permission seems reasonable.
When it came to my belly button though…my dad, however, was absolutely brilliant… I have always loved and respected my parents, even though sometimes we butt heads (like any relationship). A few weeks before I was going to turn 18 I asked my parents if I could get my belly button pierced for my birthday. My mom, always being on the trendier side, thought it was a cute and fun idea. She started doing research on good places to get it done in the area. My dad however, grumbled and muttered for a few days about “stupid trends” and “bodies like swiss cheese.” About a week before my birthday my dad took me aside and said “So here’s the deal. You can get your belly button pierced. However I have another option for a present for you. If you agree to not pierce your belly button; I will put new tires, struts, shocks, and brakes in your car and also get you an alignment. This costs about $700, verses the belly button piercing which is about $75 according to your mother. Which would you like for your birthday?”
I still don’t have my belly button pierced, but I had that car for another 5 years…
i actually just got mine pierced today! im 15 and i dont really think that it has to do with age as much as you are with responsibility. if your 13 and can handle it and you dont flaunt it around like a skank go for it. but i think 15 is a fine age to get it done.
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I think getting ears pierced is good for any age. I know people who got theirs when they were less than a year old. I got mine around 5 years old, and I got my second one around 11 years old. I think any other piercings should be permitted until 16.
I would say at least 16 but then they have to realize tummies usually don’t stay cute and flat
wow reading all these responses i never ever would’ve imagined bellybutton piercings were that big of a deal
“because she was old enough to ask.”
And if she asks mommy for a smoke & a beer?
Seriously though, I had my belly button pierced as a graduation gift from my parents- including my dad who is REALLY against piercings. I was 17.
I’d say 16 is a good age for.. other.. piercings. i.e. a nose ring, belly button ring, eyebrow piercing, etc. Not all of them though, of course… I’m saying, maybe one. My 13 year old brother has friends with theirs done, and I find it incredibly strange. Its only a three year age difference… but it still seems odd. o.O
What’s it for anyway?
18.
My mom wouldn’t let me pierce my belly button until I was out of the house. I did it anyway. I think there are some things that are worth arguing over, and other things that are not. I say, when my daughter is old enough to work where she has to fill out a w2 (usually 15 depending on the state you live in), then she can do whatever she wants with her money, as long as she’s not putting herself in serious danger. If she happens to want a belly piercing, then so be it.
On a side note: My daughter is only 4 and sees my belly piercing and thinks it’s normal to have, so she wants one. There’s NO way I’ll let her get one before high school because she simply doesn’t understand the implications, maintanence or pain that go with it.
I got my belly done when i was 14, and am getting my second one done next week (top and bottom piercing on the belly)
@interludeB - It really depends on how well someone takes care of it as far as infection goes. Mine never did get infected and it healed rather quickly. I never really notice my piercing, although it’s been there for almost 10 years now. I still am not sure WHY I got it because I was never one of those girls that liked to show off her belly anyway (in fact, I start getting self-conscious when my shirt creeps even a little bit above the top of my pants), but now it’s a part of me and I probably won’t remove it any time soon. I think it just depends on the circumstances.
I would think a six-year old would be unable to keep a belly piercing clean. on top of that, she’s not done growing in that region. an earlobe is pretty isolated. i’d shy away from facial piercings because there are more nerves in the face that could be damaged. wait till you’re done growing for anything exotic.
belly rings have such a bad connotation, and they look hideous once the girl gets pregnant.
When my daughter is old enough to pay for it herself AND sign for it (so without adult’s permission-18) then she can do it. Till then…keep dreaming, sweetheart.
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I think 12 or 13 is old enough for a belly ring.
Just for funsies, 17. Then there’s a reason to look forward to that birthday!
I got mine when I was 17, so I’d say around 16. I don’t have any children though, but when I do, we will see how I feel about it then!
Well…
Okay.
See, I think it’s more about how their stomach looks than how old they are. So they should be at least 18 (with a stellar body) so I don’t feel bad ogling them. And so they can legally get drunk and dance on the bar without shirts…
i like Thatslifekid’s reason. :) LOL
i got mine pierced when i was 17. i guess it was sort-of a peer pressure thing. my female friends in another city told me that the next time i came back to visit, they were going to take me to get my belly button pierced so that we all had belly button piercings. i didn’t really want to because i work around/in the pool [i'm a life guard] and patrons/parents don’t seem to happy about seeing body piercings/tattoos. i ended up visiting them a couple weeks later; so that was the first time i got my belly button pierced. i tried to hide it from my mother as long as possible because asian parents are usually conservative and i wasn’t sure how my mom would’ve reacted. i accidentally showed her my stomach when she was measuring me for something and she actually didn’t take it as bad as i expected. she was just surprised, but other than that she didn’t say much about it. however, after about 3 months, my body rejected the piercing. :( and a few of my close friends that knew about it teased me for a couple of weeks. lol, but i must admit, it did look pretty funny. after a few months, it went back to normal but it did leave behind quite an ugly scar underneath.
i thought about it long and hard whether or not i wanted to get it again and possibly risk it getting
rejected. in the end, i got it re-pierced [it was WAY more painful than
the first time] this past december. but due to some circumstances, i had to remove it 2 weeks later. it closed within the next 24 hours. i was determined to have it, so i once again got it re-pierced [for the 3rd time]. didn’t hurt. and it’s been good since january! i still have it, and it does not look as though my body will be rejecting it this time. :)
my father hasn’t seen it though. he might strangle me if he does. =X
anywayyy, i think 17+ is a good time to get it.
as for earlobe piercings..whenever the child is ready, i say go for it! i told my mother i was ready to get my ears pierced once i turned 13.
sorry for writing a whole novel. lol. enjoy! good luck! God bless! and take care. :D
<3,
___Tracy
Hmm. anytime actually. if shes not afraid of the pain.
I personally feel that piercings are fine at any age.. as long as the one getting the piercing wants it.
If it was a mother who wanted to get her new born baby’s ears pierced so that her baby would look “cute” or “cool,” I would feel differently. The baby would have to be old enough to want the piercing and verbally communicate that.
Honestly, I think piercings on any part of the body are fine.. it’s a free country, ya know? I think if someone wants to get a piercing, you should let them and not be against it.
However, piercings in locations other than the ears or belly button are repulsive..
(genital piercings… *VOMIT*)
but if someone wanted that.. I wouldn’t care; it’s their body, not mine.
… but I would never date someone with a strange piercing. that would just be gross.
eh… about fourteen… I don’t know, it seems kind of weird to start putting holes on your person before the.
But, really… I don’t care enough to be against this kind of thing
16?
17
My dad simply did not allow piercings other than ear lobes. I was allowed those maybe around your daughter’s age and they closed up. I think I eventually got them redone as a preteen. Then when I was 16, I got second holes. Any other piercings I ventured across the river to Iowa where it was legal at 17. Otherwise, it would’ve been 18 for anything else I wanted. I had quite a few piercings and loved them, but took them out after I had my first kid at 20. I’m 23 now and just don’t have time for them.
18. A navel piercing to me is “SEXY” I don’t think anyone under the age of 18 should be looked at as sexy.
Before 18 I only had my ears done.. I will admit I tried talking my parents into getting my navel done but they weren’t having a part in it!
After 18 I got a tattoo, naval piercing, tragus, industrial, nose, helix basically as a way to rebel from my parents.. I was sick of being sheltered.
I was 12 when I got mine but I’ve been a piercing fanatic since I can remember..I’d let my daughter get her’s whenever she wants, as long as she’s responsible enough to take care of it without me reminding her (which I was, and my little boy is smart as hell so if I ever have a girl I know she will be too!)
I don’t think they’re as skanky as everyone says they are. Yeah they started out as something only strippers and sluts had, but 90% of my friends have them done and they’re so common now that I get surprised when I find out one of my friends doesn’t have it done.
But I’m dating a body piercer sooo…my opinion could be skewed haha. (FYI he wouldn’t pierce anybody under 18 without a parent anyways..so if my future daughter went and got it done without me knowing, I’d rip that sucker out.)
I got my ears pierced at about a few months old… it’s normal for arabs to have their daughters’ ears pierced quite early on.. Come to think of it, it’s uncommon to see a little girl without little gold earrings in her ears. I got my second pierings though (still ears :] ) at 13. And I wouldn’t/my parents would never let me get any more elsewhere.
@interludeB - they’re obviously not taking very good care of it then if it always gets caught on something or infected easily. It’s pretty simple tissue that heals quickly. But they’re probably fucking with it before it heals up, which is why they have issues. None of my piercings have ever gotten infected, including my 3 navel piercings.
Minimum 21. Abdominal piercings can lead to hepatitisis B, a wasting disease similar to AIDS. Only a knowing adult should decide whether or not they want to risk that on their body. A paren’ts job is to protect their child for as long as they’re a child.
16. I would say 18, but I don’t want to be a hypocrite to my daughter. But before she decides to do it, I’m going to show her the scar from my infected belly piercing. I don’t think she’ll want it after that.
16.
18, because that’s when she can make her own decisions, even if they aren’t good.
if i had a daughter, i’d probably make her wait until she was out of my house. i’m not really against belly button piercings i just wouldn’t let my daughter wear anything that allowed people to see said belly button ring and if no one can see it, what’s the point? plus i think that there are more possible problems with belly button rings than there are with earrings because ears are just skin, veins and cartilage whereas i have no idea what’s behind your belly button.
I don’t care if other people have them but I’d never get one. I think 16 is okay though, as long as she knows how to take care of it. And as long as it’s not my child ha ha.
I think 16 (at the youngest).
The ears I find no big deal, I got mine done when I was 5 or 6 (not exactly sure when) and it ddidn’t even hurt that much. [btw, I don't think it was right for you to try to scare your daughter out of her decision by telling her it was going to hurt a whole lot, it's a little pinch, a far warning would be fine, but I think you were trying to manipulate her with fear]
hoe piercing.
either 16 or 18.
Why should there be a specific age limit? It all depends on the maturity of YOUR child. Whenever I wanted to get a piercing, my parents requested that I do a report on it. The report including things such as the proper care, possible side effects, the good things, the bad things and anything that they felt was necessary to know about a piercing.
Not to mention, a piercing CAN be taken out at any time (at least after the healing period). I got my belly button pierced for my grade 8 grad. It never got infected and I’ve always enjoyed it.
And the only reason there’s a connotation for the belly button piercing is because of society’s views. I didn’t get my belly button pierced with the intention to show it off. In fact, I ALWAYS wear shirts that cover my midriff. Surprise, huh?
i think i was 6 or 7 when i got my ears pierced the 1st time. that’s a good age for ears to be pierced. but to get a belly button pierced… i’d say 17 or 18, because it’s a lot of responsibility to take care of it.
@lOnEr_4_lYf - Not always true. My daughter is 4, and I’ve had mine pierced for 10 years. It really just depends on how deep they go through the skin. Mine is very shallow. Surprisingly, it still looks like it did 10 years ago when I first got it done.
That’s a lot different because with a belly ring, that means you’re more willing to show your stomach or wearing clothes where your stomach will most likely be shown. I don’t wanna see a little girl walking around with a belly shirt on. It’s like getting a lower back tattoo. In order to show it off your shirt will most likely be smaller or you’d most likely wear belly shirts or bikinis. Once again…I don’t wanna see a little girl wearing a bikini (even the ones made for girls 13 and under are a lot different from the “Adult” ones). So if I have a daughter, she can get any other body piercing when she’s 18 and old enough to pay for it herself and go there herself without me having to be the parental consent. I might let the belly ring slide though at 17. Also, It would have to be 18 because I don’t wanna sign for it and her intentions are to keep it covered. Because if that’s case, it’s pretty pointless to have it. If you want it, do it yourself.
Well, it’s legally 18. So it really depends on the mother and daughter, because she would need permission. If the daughter is mature and wants it for herself, not to show off to people, and the mother is alright with this, then whatever age the daughter is at that time would be okay.
I got mine done a month after I turned 14. I was in Florida with my best friend who was 16 at the time and her family. We both got ours done. She doesn’t have it anymore but wants it redone. I’m turning 16 soon and still have it. I don’t think it’s trashy unless you flaunt it in those ways or get a ring that says something trashy(they do have ones in Colorado that say “69″ “skank” and “bitch” it’s ridiculous)
@heathursaurus - I agree with you and just posted a similar comment. Almost everything is based off of the people involved, not the general population. Although my parents never made me do a report, I always researched the piercings I have before I got them and I was over 18 and paid for it all myself.
when they’re old enough for sex, they’re old enough to get their belly button pierced. because the purpose of a belly button piercing is to make guys want to have sex with you.
@ShimmerBodyCream - belly button rings aren’t skanky!!!! Jeesh
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I was 14 when I got it done and I think that’s a good age.
I would say 16. My mom didnt even let me get my ears pierced till I was an adult and I thought that was ridiculous. So 16. I got mine pierced when I was 21 though. It hurt.
@danaenicole - you’d have to have a really bad piercer to hit anything but skin, veins, and fatty tissue when piercing a belly button. and even then they’d probly have to be really drunk. and someone would have to bump their elbow right as they go to poke.
I honestly wouldn’t care if my child wanted to get her belly button pierced. It’s just a piercing, big deal. Now if it was her clit or nipples I’d ask her to seriously think about it. I mean, you have to clean it A LOT and if you dont there can be serious consequences. As long as she’s educated on the procedure and cleaning of the peircing and the consequences if not taken care of, I dont care what piercing they wanted.
as long as they pay for it.
@mrcolorful - I totally agree with your answer: 113.
When they graduate high school. I personally don’t have one or like ‘em.
I feel that there wouldn’t be a point for my future daughter to have one since I already decided she’s not going to be showing off her midriff unless she wants her mom to drop her off wearing the same clothes she’s wearing. (Yes, my goal is to become an embarrassing mother).
In my opinion as a 14 year old, people should be 18 before they can do anything like this. But even at 18 they should think about it. I wouldn’t want my grandma to be baking cookies with a belly button ring and a devil tattoo on her neck.
i think at least 14…
but you gotta look at it this way.. it’s better they ask than to have them go behind your back and get a friend to do it unsafely
also, at least it’s not permanent like a tattoo
@Paul_Partisan - ahahaha tooo funny
I keep forgetting that most kids don’t get their ears pierced when they’re a baby. My mom had mine pierced when I was a baby. I think that when they’re 18, they stop asking if they can pierce their ears. I just went ahead and had mine pierced (2 more on one ear and 1 on the other).
I was 16 when I got my belly button pierced and that was more than old enough for me. I think it depends on the individual’s reasons for wanting it and ability to care for it. Tattoos are different. I got mine at 18 and I completely agree with the minimum age (18 where I live) on those.
As a piercer, I don’t pierce anyone under the clothes under 16, I don’t pierce anyone below the belt unless they’re 18, any anyone younger than that I have to have a parent or guardian there.
I’d say once the girl hits middle school, she can get it done. I got mine done when I was 14 and my sister got her’s done when she was 12.
@SeeBeeWrite - yes very true.
belly ring are meant to draw to attention whereas the regular bottom ear piercings are a norm in any part of the world for a girl, sos i believe around 17 and older…
According to my mother, at least 16.
I never really though belly button piercings looked all that attractive anyway. I always thought it looked like someone had something in or dangling from their bellybutton, like they weren’t clean.
And my cousin has one and says it gets caught on her jeans a lot. Ouch!
But if I had a daughter who really wanted one, I’d let her pierce it when she tells me that she is ready to take care of it and clean it and stuff.
Belly rings r different cause theyre seen as a sexual thing. For that sake 15, thats cause alot of mates have them n thyre 15.
Old enough to take care of it so it doesn’t get nasty and infected, which navel piercings have a higher risk of because they’re at the perfect position to get caught on stuff. Or, old enough not to bitch excessively if it does get nasty and infected.
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16. thats when I got mine done.
I don’t get how a belly button ring has a negative connotation?
Would I let a six year old do it? No, too much risk of infection, and what the heck does she need it for?
Ears are easier.
I probably allow it when I thought they could take care of it,
like if you take care of your ear piercing, maybe let them get a second ear piercing, etc.
@tobeyouronlylove -
my labret didn’t hurt at all!!
16+ and it wont kill her if she waits until 18
@nicolemcw - gettin infected is skanky, foo
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I was 14 when I had my belly pierced. It didn’t hurt, and I never cleaned it once. Here I am at 18, and it’s still there. Never has been infected. It’s really nothing too big to have to clean, and parents don’t usually mind since your shirt covers the piercing.
Belly rings are a lot more work and responsibility than earrings, so I would up the age to 13 or 14. I don’t think that you should need parents’ signatures to get piercings- it increases the chance that they’ll do it themselves too much, and if noses, lips and belly buttons get pierced at home there’s such huge risks involved with infections.
I don’t know when a bellybutton developed a sexual connotation…I was shocked to read how many people think that belly button rings are to “draw the attention elsewhere” and that “nobody should see them that young anyway.”
So if you’re under eighteen you shouldn’t wear a two piece bathing suit either?
I understand that everybody has different opinions, but I don’t think it’s fair to say somebody is skanky if they have their bellybutton pierced.
I personally don’t have mine done and never really cared to. But I think sixteen with parental consent, and eighteen without parental consent are good ages. At least in my opinion.
The only reason I think there should be an age difference is because in this society, a belly ring is more of a sex appeal thing. Ear piercing is just being a girl. And Ive no idea how much worse a belly button ring might hurt.
So around 13 or 14 I suppose (not that 13 year olds need to be inviting guys to come tag their ass, but it happens regardless).
well i got mine done at 17, but i say at least 16, and thats pushing it.
its honestly a very sexual piercing, and even though i love piercings, i dont think its appropriate for a little girl.
i got mine done because i really want my lip and others but belly button is the only thing my parents let me get.
i beg for a lipring for 5 years and get they let me get my belly button pierced, go figure.
Belly piercings are only good if there were people to see it. I wouldnt want any girl under 18 to have someone to look at it.
At least 16. That just seems like the right age.
@tsh44 - That’s the way to do it. When I turned 18, I (of course) wanted a tattoo. Dad said no. A month later, I realized what I had wanted was just a trend in the current fashion. I won’t tell him, but I’m wayyy glad my dad told me to wait a year. I designed something that has meaning to me, symbolizes my family and my beliefs, and it small and about as unnoticeable as any tattoo could be. I wanted it for a year before I got it, and I LOVE it!
…So, what I’m trying to say, I guess, is that you’ve got a good parenting technique lol :]
@CommunismIsForLovers - I agree, somewhat. I do see how it can be a sexual piercing – most of the time, you have to lift up your shirt to show it off – but I see what you’re saying.
@jennaX3rookie - A year is a very long time for a young person. If they hold on to a desire for something that long then I think parents should take that desire seriously.
In my opinion, the ears are the most basic and easiest to care for area for piercings. They are also the most common location; they don’t cause the connotations that other piercings do. For those reasons I think any body piercing other than the ears should wait until as close to adulthood as possible, when a person is mature enough to make the decision and responsible enough to take proper care of it.
Besides, a little kid shouldn’t be showing off her midriff anyway, so what would be the point of such a piercing?
I say 16. I did mine when i was 17 my mother would not let me so i just did what all my friends did and pierced it myself with a hollow needle. It got infected but I still have it and it is straight, but it would have been easier if i wouldnt have had to hide it from my mother..
@jennaX3rookie - Yeah, I can see how it could be sexual. But I mean, some people wear shirts that show their belly button. Bikinis or even some one pieces show your bellybutton. The bellybutton is so much lower than the breasts and higher than…well, you know where I’m going with that. But they definitely can be sexual. I think it just depends on HOW you show it to people, lol.
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When they’re old enough and mature enough I suppose.
I got my navel pierced when I was 14. I think it really depends on the person and how mature they are.. Anyway, I’m 19 now and I don’t regret it :]
i got my ears peirced when i was like…. 4?
as for belly, i think 16 or older would be okay.
but, it really depends on the intentions…
yeah…
I was 14 when I had it first done, my daddy brought me. I then had it redone again when I was 20, and again now at the age of 23.
Personally, I think it should be at an age when she is old enough to take care of the piercing and keep it from getting infected. If that’s not til she’s 22 then that’s that. Navel’s are a lot more prone to bacteria and they can get infected easily, not to mention they can migrate leaving a huge scar or indent in ones skin. So whenever a young woman is old enough to take care of the piercing (aka cleaning it 2 or 3 times a day) then I think that’s okay.
i am so thankful that my parents told me i had to wait until i was 18 to get my belly pierced. when i did finally turn 18…i didn’t want it anymore. they did let me get my ears pierced when i was 7. originally they said i had to wait until i was 10, but my best friend was always going to go with me and hold my hand. she was moving away so i got to get it done with her before she left.
I wanted my belly button pierced when I was probably 13-14, but then I very quickly grew out of that want. I think probably 16 is a decent age.
My parents Were strict when it came to piercings, I wasn’t allowed to get my ears down until I was 12. However after that they got more lax, they got my nose pierced for my 15th or 16th birthday, and were going to get my tattoo down for my 18th, of course that was in July and it’s not inked yet…
16 or 17.
Buttttt personal opinion, never. A few of my friends have got it done. Idk, I just don’t like it. One of my friends has her lip pierced and I actually like that better. I just think belly piercings look trashy, no matter how nice of a stomach you have.
I think they should be at least 18 to do this on thir own. Perhaps 14 if a parent gives the consent. I definitly think belly piercings should be reserved for the thin, as the girl in your photo. I cannot stand to see a belly piercing on a woman with a muffin top hanging over the top of her jeans.
Call me whatever you want, but I don’t like the fat thing with a belly piercing. Not attractive.
I think you just need to know your daughter and judge how responsible she is. I would say 15, although I didn’t get mine done until I was 17. My parents didn’t know about it then, and they still don’t know about it.
I got mine done when I was 16.. but then I hid it (successfully) from my parents for a few years. Like, til I went off to college. Yes, that’s a true story. I wasn’t ashamed of it or anything, but I knew they’d make me take it out and considering that I’d spent my own money to get it done, I wanted to keep it! If I had to get it taken out though, I would have had it re-done anyways, but I preferred not to do that. And I didn’t
And any other piercings… well, maybe 18 is the best age? I don’t really know. I figured as soon as I wasn’t officially living at home, I was free to do what I wanted. So I did 
I had mine done when I was 15, had wanted it done for years though. 16 is a good age, In the UK you can get piercings on your own at 16. It was my most least painful piercing as well.
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atleast 16
@CommunismIsForLovers - A bikini can be sexual or modest as well. It’s a whole other issue, really.
I’m probly gonna let my daughter get her bellybutton pierced at whatever age. but most places just won’t do it if the kid is like under 13.
@ShimmerBodyCream - every guy gets a boner for those infections… thats for sureee.
I love my piercing still after I’ve had it done for 2 years. If you told me I had to wait until my 16th, I don’t know how much i would of wanted it because some people lose interest in things after a while, but when its there you realize that it is nice to have. Piercings are all useless, no matter what people say, and most tattoos are as well, so there really is nothing to it. The only way a bellybutton ring could look skanky is if the girl herself is known as a skank.
18. i intend to get mine done when i’m 18!
You are askign a bellydancer her opinion of belly rings? I think you know my answer.
I’d say around 15-16. I remember in high school my parents wouldn’t let me get mine until I was 17, but a lot of my friends did when they were 15. The two years really didn’t make much of a difference, except that they annoyed me having to wait longer than everyone else. I figure if she can take proper care of it, she’s old enough to have it.
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i would say 16 but a belly piercing is a sexual item. so 18 would be the correct answer
Well, I first asked to get my naval pierced when I was in 7th grade – about 13 years old. My mom said hell no. So I asked her if I could when I was 16, after all..that is when she and my dad said I could start dating. She agreed, probably oblivious to the fact that those few years would fly by like nothing. So a few weeks before my sweet sixteen, I asked again if she would take me to get it done. NOPE. So I just respected her decision for the next couple of years, and finally decided to take it upon myself the summer after my 18th birthday, and got it pierced..without her knowledge.
So in my opinion it is the parent’s decision as to when ANY piercings can be done (of course until she’s 18 and can make her own adult decisions) But I will say this – Because my mom was so iffy about me getting anything pierced..I eventually wanted EVERYTHING pierced and tattooed. I’m not placing the blame on her, but it did push me to want my lip, tragus, belly button, and on & on…not to mention a tattoo (also done without her knowledge) so I think that keeping your child from doing something she really wants to do, and is pretty reasonable, will push her into a bit of a rebellion.
Hope this helped you out.
I was twelve when I got my belly button pierced which I believe to be just a couple too young. Fourteen seems like a good year to pierce things and get a cell phone haha.