Ears count. It's still a piercing, no matter what the healthcare proffesionals say, it's a piercing just like any other. Harder to heal than some, too.
But anyways, what do you think when you see a 6month old baby with her ears pierced?
Is it along the lines of wondering if she's going to want them ten years from now when her ears have changed shape and the holes horrible missplaced, but taking them out won't do any good because the trauma caused by the piercing gun caused a load of unnescesary scar tissue? Or maybe you wonder would she have wanted them at all?
Or is it closer to "Aww, look at the little diamond studs in her ears?"
I'd like to know what most people think of it these days.
2006-12-23 16:48:31 · 17 answers · asked by mandy 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
If you are worried she'll get scared and pitch a fit, why not wait until she won't be scared and pitch a fit?
I have a theory... girls that got their ears pierced as babies associate piercing with pain, and even though they won't remember it, they'll have an ingraned aversion to piercings when they get older.
That actually makes sense, in my experiences at least.
What doesn't make sense it to make your baby cry so that she won't get scared of it later on. If she does get scared, what makes you think SHE really wants it all that bad? Yes yes, let's force our standards onto our children before they can tell us they want it so that later on they don't have to tell us that they don't want it.
That's a way to get your daughter to resent you. Pierce her as a baby cuz it's cute, then when she's older the holes aren't where they started out and there's nothing you can do about it.
My my, what sense people make these days.
2006-12-24 04:44:06 · update #1
I love piercings, and if in the future I have a teenage kid come to me and say mom i want a piercing...I'd probably drive them to the piercing studio myself...But I wouldn't get my babies ears pierced. Its not a piercing for the baby cus they dont know they have it, its for the adults to look at. I think its just putting the kid in unneccesary pain so you can look at their sparkley ears.
It's a scar, so what happens if they grow up to despise piercings? theyre stuck with scars in their ears because I put them there? no no. My future childs piercings will be their decisions, not mine.
2006-12-23 17:46:27 · answer #1 · answered by Dani 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If people want to pierce their baby's ears then that's up to them. But personally I wouldn't do it. I'd leave it until they were older and had the free will to decide for themselves. Plus it doesn't seem fair to do something to a child when they don't understand what's going on and why you're putting them through something strange, scary and painful. Even thought they are babies doesn't mean they cant feel pain. An older child can also stand the pain of getting their ears pierced, it's really not that bad. Also you never know the whole experience of getting their ears pierced may be traumatic to a baby.
But as i said before it's up to the parents to decide and there is no real right or wrong answer. It just depends on your own personal opinion. It also depends a lot on peoples' upbringing and culture.. like a lot of Italians pierce their babies' ears.. yet not many Australians do.
2006-12-23 17:31:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that it's cute, but it does make me question the parent(s).
On the otherhand, you hun, are really tripping. I've read your other questions and now that I've seen so many, all on the "traumas" of piercing guns, I am beginning to worry if you are just a little too worked up over this issue.
I have 4 holes in my ears currently, my first time piercing was at age four when I nagged to my mother that I wanted earrings too. Over the past couple of decades, I have let all four holes grow in at least once and had them repierced. (the first set has been pierced 3 times, one of the second set has been done twice, the other 3 times) There is no complication to the regrowth. Just take the earring out and don't put anything back in it. The only time there is a complication with the regrowth is if a hollow needle was involved or the hole has been gauged.
2006-12-24 02:22:11 · answer #3 · answered by Shel K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wait till she makes the decision. My daughter was 2 years old and insisted on having 'holes like mommy' so she could wear earrings. I explained it would hurt a little, but she still wanted to. So we did it.
Now she's 27 and her ears and nearly everything else is pierced!
2006-12-23 19:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by Zombie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A good piercer can avoid wonky spacing or misplaced holes, so no real worries there. But I'd be more concerned with a grabby baby yanking the earrings out moreso that the latter.
2006-12-24 02:51:05 · answer #5 · answered by mogwai_b4_midnite 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's fine. Just make sure the piercer is clean and professional. It should heal very quickly and there should be no complications if it is cared for properly. If she doesn't want her ears pierced she has the option of not wearing earrings and they can possibly close. No one will think any less of you as a parent for making the decision.
2006-12-23 16:52:42 · answer #6 · answered by Bonita Applebaum 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depends on who you are and what your values are!!! My daughter got her ears pierced when she was 3 months old. She is three now and she decided she wants to pull at them and tug at them so as a parent i took them out. That was my way of knowing she doesn't want them in. And other days she want them in. It depends on you and the child. My son also has his left ear pierced. He decided he wanted that done. So I let him. Just because the are younger doesn't mean they don't know how to express there selves. But as a parent you have to draw the line. Remember a child is a reflection on the parent.
2006-12-24 03:53:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think that it is okay. If i ever have a daughter i will def get her ears pierced when she's small rather that when she is old enough to pitch a fit and get scared about it. I think that it looks cute!! And they say that it dosn't hurt the baby.
2006-12-24 04:24:04 · answer #8 · answered by gaillee9 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am 38 yrs old - If I had a daughter - I would get her ears pierced. I think it is feminine. If there is a problem in the future - (which I think is unlikely) there is plastic surgery. I don't think that would really be an issue though.
2006-12-23 17:13:14 · answer #9 · answered by kiki 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go for it. At least it will be done and over with at a young age. You will be able to keep them clean and turn them daily until they heal. When you have a teenager get them pierced you never can be sure how clean they will be and your chance of infection will be higher.
I think it is adorable to see babies with their ears pierced. Society has changed so much within the last 20 years. It is more socially acceptable to have it done.
2006-12-23 22:04:38 · answer #10 · answered by Nurse Betty 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋