Advice with Teenage Daughters & Piercings

[KnottedYet]

navels heal poorly from all I've heard from friends who've had them done.

Nostrils, now, those heal up a treat! (devil's advocate!)

SKnot is 14. I've offered to get him his hair dyed, a piercing or two, a tattoo. Nope. If it's mom's idea he wants nothing to do with it. Darn, cuz I think he'd look good with purple hair and an earring...

Ask her what she thinks you should get pierced. Have her take you to her piercer so you can research "your" piercing. Make sure the initial piercing jewelry they use is ASTM certified medical quality materials. www.astm.org Hopefully made of titanium. Check to see that they autoclave the jewelry and needle/tools with heat sensitive tape, and that they expect you to initial the tape before it gets autoclaved. And that you inspect the tape after and confirm it has changed color.

Does the piercer wear gloves and a mask? (they gotta get their faces pretty close to their work sometimes, a mask is good for the piercer's protection and the piercee's protection)

Ask how long it would take for your ear to heal. Ask how that compares to, oh, say a navel piercing....

Anyway, if you are doing the research for "yourself" she might think about getting her next piercing differently.

And you could end up deciding to get your ear pierced!