Ear Piercing Age?

[maslex]

I don't really remember when I got mine done. As I got into my later teenage years, I had 4 piercings in one ear and 6 in the other. They have all close up now (even my first hole piercing----although I'd like to get them done again, but these days I have trouble with them getting infected)

Anyhow, I do have two boys who each have their ear pierced. I actually pierced their ears for them (bought one of those kits from Walmart and did it) Just did it over this summer so they were 14 and 15.

 

[indimom]

I got my first in about 2nd or 3rd grade. My second set in high school or college.
My daughter got her first set in 4th grade. I was saving it for when she wanted to get it done. I thought it would be more fun that way.
I've got no problem with piercing babies, just recommend using the locking backs cause I know of one who ate a couple earrings.

 

[pumba21]

I got mine done when I was 23, a few months before my wedding. I will let me daughter do hers when she shows interest and is old enough to take care of them

 

[golfgal]

I was 12. That was the magic age that my mom decided we could get our ears pierced, not sure why 12 .

DD got her's pierced in 2nd grade, she was 8. We got them done when we were First Communion dress shopping. She liked them but we found that she and nickel don't work together. She had some bad infections and her ear lobs were really soft and the backings would often grow into her skin. She stopped wearing earrings for many years and just has recently found a pair that don't make her ears red in 10 minutes.

 

[MrsDuck]

I think I was probably in 5th grade. I let the holes close up and haven't worn earrings since probably 7th grade!

If my child wanted their ears pierced, I'd probably let them do it at age 10.

 

[J3nn78]

I don't have a DD, but if I did, it would be when she is old enough to ask for it. I don't agree with piercing babies ears. It should be a personal choice.

 

[aprilgail2]

Most people I know get them done when the kids are babies. My daughter had them done when she was 3 months old- never had any problem with them, she never tugged at them or bothered with them at all and never had any problem with infection. I wanted to get it done while I was still the one taking care of them and could make sure they were cleaned properly etc.

 

[Pigeon]

I let my oldest get hers done at 13. She was old enough to take care of them and by then she could decide that she wanted it done. I am opposed to modifying someone else's body without their consent, and I think earrings look inappropriate on little girls or babies.

 

[joviroxx]

Im latin so mine were pierced as an infant, so were my DD's, my sisters , cousins, etc (you get the picture LOL)

We've never had any issue. My ears wouldn't close up if you tried. I have everyday earrings that I sleep with. They don't bother me at all.

I love having my ears pierced and glad its done as an infant. Its easy to take care of an infant's ears and Im glad I didn't have to take care of my own!

Dont have second or third holes. Im a wimp LOL

 

[Iluvthemouse]

My daughter was 5 when we got hers done.. We wanted her to make the decision.

I was 12 when I got mine done..

all done with the gun

 

[MIGrandma]

I believe I was 13 when I had my ears pierced. My DD was 6 if I remember correctly. I would not pierce her ears as an infant, I don't agree with that. I think little girls should be old enough to ask to have it done on their own, and be old enough to take care of their ears after the procedure.

 

[Boston Tea Party]

When my daughter was 10 years old I took her to the doctor to have hers pierced, at her request. They used a piercing gun.

We went to the doctor because the idea of some teenager at the mall putting a hole in my child makes me ill.

Mine are not pierced and I have no desire to make them so.

 

[tlbwriter]

I wouldn't do it until my daughter was able to take care of them (would never do it on a baby; don't care for earrings on babies at all). She wanted them when she was 9, but didn't have the nerve to actually do it until she was 12. I tried to take her to a body piercing shop but it frightened her too much so we ended up going to Claire's.

 

[SaraJayne]

I had to wait until I was 11 for my first holes. I had my second holes done when I was 19 and in college.

DD had hers done when she was 8. I was not opposed to having her ears pierced earlier, she just never showed any interest until then.

 

[mjkacmom]

I so wish I had followed cultural norms and had my girls done as infants! I decided to wait until they wanted them pierced (8ish?), and dd15 had hers done twice, dd10 had hers done 3 times! Infections, having to take them out for sports... My friends, who had their dd's done when they were babies, have had no issues, and their kids can take them out for weeks at a time, with no problems with them closing up.

DH had his done in HS with a needle by his older sister.

 

[2prettyprincesses]

Mine were done as a baby and had my DDs done when they were infants too. We're Latin though so it was a cultural thing. It wasn't a big deal and the piercing were done very nicely. Plus they won't remember the pain and they grow up with pierced ears. If they don't want them then they could just let them close up. My youngest DD wants a second piercing but DH is stead fast on his decision not to. She's a good kid and I don't mind but DH won't allow it. But we're working on him!

 

[Becky2005]

I never got my ears pierced. Never had a desire to do so. In addition, when I met my best friend she had a V in her earlobe where a pierced ear had ripped through. Eventually she had plastic surgery to fix it when she was an adult. I also knew someone who got theirs pierced in high school but was in a sport so had to keep taking them out. It freaked me out that she basically re-pierced them in the locker room after each game.

My DD was 16 because I personally wanted nothing to do with it....it's just a weird hang-up of mine, I found it freaky. I can stick contacts in my eyes so you would think sticking earrings in would be no big deal but just makes me squeemish. Now, I can see people with earrings and think nothing of it -- just putting them in/taking them out bugs me.

 

[spacemountainmom]

I had my ears pierced for my 12th birthday. I added the second ones for my 30th birthday. I wore all kinds of earrings when I was young, as I got into my 20's anything "cheap" started to make my ears get red and itchy.

DD had hers done when she was 8. She took good care of them, but they were always red, itchy and infected. I finally tried letting her wear real gold earrings and that stopped the problems. Grandpa and Grandma bought her some small diamond studs and that is pretty much all she wears.

I wouldn't have it done on an infant, and am glad I didn't since dd had issues. However, I would never tell someone else they shouldn't.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

I was 6 months old when my parents had my ears pierced. I'm Hispanic, it's a cultural thing. My husband, on the other hand, is not Hispanic, and he does not want our daughter's ears pierced until she's 16. I can probably get him down to 13, but it doesn't matter yet since she's only 4. My son, on the other hand, will never have his ears pierced while living under my roof. Same with tattoos and any other body piercings for all my kids.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Our daughter is 14 and has just started talking about it lately. But she hasn't gotten up the guts to do it yet.

I don't know how I would react if she started asking at, say, 5 for example.