Belly Button piercing

[Ice_maiden]

Is 13 too young to get your belly button pierced?

[missjef]

i dont actually think many places would pierce it at 13, i think you have to be 16. i got mine done at 16 i think, and now i kind of regret it - i got it done but what i didnt know was that quite a lot of the time they can fall out - basically the skin gets thinner and thinner till the bar drops out (not nice). this happened after about 6 months of having it done and left a horrible scar, then i decided to get it done again 3 months later since i didnt think it would happen again but it did this time after only about 2 months, and now i have a big horrible scar!!! so think very carefully about it!! i think most places charge �30 which is alot for something that may or may not drop out in a few months!!

[Ethel]

13 is too young. They take a lot of looking after otherwise they can go septic, especially at this time of year when you are sweating a lot more and more likely to use the local swimming pool.

It can be extremely painful to have done, and can leave nasty scarring.

I will say for a fact that these will be out of fashion in the next two to three years anyway.

You can buy clip on or stick on ones if you want some just for fun.

[Metz]

I had mine done about 7 years ago.. no probs at all ,they freeze it when you have it done too :o)

[Blyss]

I think the belly button along with the eyebrow the worse ones you can get , you look cheap.
oh n any 13 yr old of mine walked in with a belly button done , I would make her rip it out with her own teeth.

[PhilBy]

Blimey Blyss, you must have supple kids :)

[Blyss]

lol nopes , but I would make them supple!!
oh and the guy who poked a hole ilegaly in there body.

[thebigchill]

In my eyes no. Legally i think a parent or guardian has to be there to get it done, but realistically if she's determined she'll find a place. I got my body piercing done when i was 13 in a much more delicate place without parental consent. If you think she's mature enough to be able to look after it then go for it. I seriously doubt they'll go out of fashion in the next few years, but as i'm sure you've already done it can't hurt to explain the risks to her.

[applebee]

two things: yes, I think 13 is a bit young...i think there is a reason a person needs to be 18, or with a legal gardian to get it done. Plus it seems one of the larger reasons a person gets it done is cause it looks sexy...nothing wrong with that...unless your only 13.
I got mine done right away when I turned 18, my body continuously rejected it. I had it pierced three times before I determined that this just couldn't work out for me. It sounded a lot like missjef's problem.

[Goodsoulette]

What makes you think they will be out of fahion in 2-3 years, they have been in for about 15 yrs now. I dont see the harm, less painfull then your ear. They are a bit chavvy now, but there are plenty of girls who arent chavs that have it done, I suppose it depends on what the rest of yo looks like.

[Rock'n'Roll]

Don't know about 13,as far as i'm concerned 113 would be too young to mutilate your body

[unruliejulie]

My step-daughter turned up at our house and showed us her belly button piercing that her stupid mother had got done for her 12th, yes her 12th birthday!!!! I find it disgusting at such a young age. i couldn't believe it but we knew nothing about it. We let our feelings be known but it was a bit late by then. Talk about growing up before their time.

[jno]

belly button piercings are widespread enough not to look chavvy (eyebrows are pure chav, though; don't go there) but I think 13 is too young; your body is still changing. Wait till it's settled down, which would normally be 16 or so.

[alijangra]

I got my nose pierced at 13. My parents went mad but believed me when I said it couldnt come out for six weeks or would get infected. After six weeks they had got used to it and said I would take it out soon myself when the novelty wore off. 13 years later....
The only reason I think 13 is too young for belly button piercing is I think they would soon get bored of keeping it clean.

[Pippa68]

My daughter has hers done and she is a goth :o)

She had it done at 15, and I had to be there as she was under 16. The only problem you will find with it is that as you are still growing the piercing may grow over and 'reject'. This was explained to me in great length by the piercer. Usually after the age of 16 you are ok as you have done most of your growing.

You do have to look after it very carefully and be scrupulously clean..make sure your hands are clean before you clean the piercing, and the cleaning process (with sea salt & boiled water) has to be performed for a long time. My daughter is still cleaning hers after 7 months. Don't be surprised if healing takes anything up to a year, too. She has friends who have had their navel pierced and even after a few months it doesn't look healed, although they may not be taking as much care of it as they should!

[Aprilis]

I had often thought about having it done myself and am glad I didn't after seeing my sister's. It's over a year now since it was done and it still hasn't properly healed.

I think that missjef and Pippa68 have illustrated just why anyone considering doing it should think VERY carefully indeed beforehand.

I also think that 13 is waaay too young.

[pompomfairy]

i got my belly button peirced at 13 but my mum did come with me it does look really nice but u have 2 realise its alot of hard work 2 look after coz if it gets infected (mine has twice when i first had it done) it really does hurt but im really glad i got mine done coz i really like it but u do get a white patch behind it if u go sunbathing which is a bit annoying