Nose Piercing
Friday August 20, 2004
Should your teenager be allowed to have a nose piercing?
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Hey, We Have Rights you know. I am getting my nose pierced weather my parents like it or not!!
whatevs! we should be able to get a nose peircing when ever we want. its our body, let us grow.
old people are annoying… should your teenager be allowed to get a nose piercing? LAME!
My rule for when I have kids is that they can get their ears pierced anytime they want (two in lobes and one in each ear’s cartilage). Any other facial/body piercing is not allowed until they are 18. I am 22 and getting my nose pierced (I’ve finally decided to do it!). If my kids want to have a facial piercing, I am not signing the consent form, and they will not be allowed to have anyone else do so in my place.
There is nothing wrong with waiting until you are 18. It also helps you decide if you really want it or not. Your personality and taste changes so much between ages 13 and 18.
I am getting my nose pierced, in just 2 days time. I feel that having a nose piercing is someting which makes a women lools sexy more than ever. My intentions are that if I have any children I would let them do a nose stud from the age of 12. I like to be sexy and comfortable. I wold like to keep my nose pierced even when my children grow, so that they learn from their mother to pierce their nose so that they wold be sexy enough from a little small age.
I am 18 and want to get my nose pierced but I want my moms approval. I care about my mom and know she is just trying to protect me. So how can the rest of you be so cynical about your parents and piercings. Think about it, our parents come from a different time and have been through a hell of alot more than we have so the least all of you can do is sit down and listen to thier opinion.
That being said- Sherise, Brennan, and Ashleigh- learn how to spell and write properly, you give the rest of us a bad name and create steriotypes when you use terms like “whatevs” and start spurting out crap like “old people are annoying” and “we have rights too!” because you probly don’t know what most of our rights are. And I can bet that you have never been to a protest to stop the war or to stop the genocide in Darfur or for gay rights so stop being so stuck up and pig headed! And realize that there is a bigger world out there and you shouldn’t sherk your families because you think they are annoying or don’t understand us, someday you will want a relationship with them and by then you may have said too many hurtful things that you can’t take back.
I’m almost 14 and I really want a nose stud. I think they’re very attractive and cute, and it would work well with my face shape. My mom says that I’m not allowed to have any facial piercings until I’m 18. I respect her decision, but it’s just a nose stud. If I don’t like it when I’m older, I can take it out and it will heal. I’ve researched it a lot, I know how to take care of it, and I would pay for it myself. I really don’t see what her problem is with it.
Oh well.
Teens should be allowed to choose on what they want to do with their lives. Piercings aren’t perminent…teens can remove them at any given time. If they don’t wait for the piercing to completely heal they wont even get a scar. If they don’t like it then remove it. My parents don’t want me getting any kind of piercings other than ears and I’m 16, but I still do it. I find it my own way to express myself and I think that tatoos and piercings are the best way to express ones self.
i really really want my nose pierced. im 16 and i have wanted it for a while now. my parents hate facial piercings and think they are trashy, so whenever i bring it up it never turns out good. i feel that i should be allowed to make my own decisions. i mean its not going to affect them i will pay for everything and its my body. i just wish they would give it a chance and not judge it before they see it
I’m 16, and I agree with what Sara said 100%. I want my parent’s approval for a nose stud but I don’t see that ever happening. Even once I’m 18 my mom will always think it looks like trash so I don’t know what I’m going to do. I looked up how to do it myself, but I doubt I will before at least my dad says ok. I was surprised at how many sites came up that talked about parents’ disgust for their teen’s body piercing. I thought it was just my parents being conservative (I am home schooled and we are Christians). I don’t think getting a nose piercing will make me a rebel, but doing it without permission will. Grrr. I wish I can change their minds… Does anyone know why our parents generation is so anti-body piercing?
I’m an old lady by the standards of the “teens” in this forum (42) and a mom of 3 teenagers. As to the question as to why my generation has problems with tattoos and piercings…its because when we were growing up it was considered VERY trashy. I myself have 3 tattoos and am thinking about getting a nose piercing. But, all of my tattoos are completely covered unless I want them to be seen and my nose will be a small tasteful diamond stud. The problem with teen angst is that teens do not fully comprehend a decision made today and how it affects tomorrow. Yes it is your body but think to the future and what profession you want to get into…an accountant covered in tattoos and their ear lobes stretched? An elementary school teacher with full facial piercings?
i know this topic is on nose rings, but i really want my navel pierced. but my parents are 45 and 50, and they think they are trashy just because no one had them when they were my age. but it isnt my problem that they come from such a different time….
Im 15 and have 10 peircings
4 in each ear (3 in lobe, 1 in cartlidge) and belly button and nose. Teens should be allowed to do whatever they want! Nose peircings look attractive and with all the negative body image issues in society today why not get something that will make you feel better ? x
well im getting mine done tomorrow and my mums taking me they didnt seem to object
and its our bodies and cmon nose piercings are basicly a tiny jewel in your nose how bad could it be.
I agree with the proper teenager Sarah.
I would like to get my nose pierced, but first I need my parents approval, by choice, and I am doing as much research as possible into the action.
I THINK TEENS HAVE A RIGHT TO CHOOSE.. IF WE HELP THEM MAKE INFORMED EDUCATED DECISIONS..
I’m only 18, so while I can go get my nose pierced if I want (I plan to soon, actually), I am also still a teenager, and seriously….
There are reasons you have to be 18 to get it done. Any place that doesn’t check to make sure the person is 18 or has permission is probably no one who should be trusted with needles. Most teenagers (and this is certainly not universal) who would say ‘Im going to do it no matter what my parents say’ are WAY too immature to be doing anything semi-permanent with their body. That mentality is more like a toddler. If the parent allows it, fine. But kids who do it on their own will probably end up going to some shady place, or their friend’s older sister’s apartment and end up with an infection, or worse. I know what I was like as a high school student….
ok, all you teens out there, you don’t know what your doing to yourself.I am 11 years old and having a nose ring has NEVER crossed my mind. My 2 sisters Emmy, and Hannah are 12 and 15, they are both getting belly-button rings and nose rings. They told me it could improve my apperance but I said it is not classy. Emmy wants to be a sucsessful teen actress/singer.Have you seen any of the teen stars on Disney with peiricings all over them? And they can get so infected its not even funny. Yes I know times have changed but listen to your parents and look at it from their point of view. When your their age or older, do you want peiricings all over you?? and no, they do leave scars, no matter what you do. You will have a little circular scar from a nose peiricing. It is utterly STUPID to get more then one peiricing. It is not “Pretty” or “attractive” as some of you put it. You have to have the *Perfect* nose for it to look good.And half of you 20 years from now will not be thinking it was a good idea. So think aout it long and hard before you get a peiricing.
I am 13 years old and i pierced my nose a week ago andmy parents are fine with it.
Dont you think your children would respect you more if you gave them a bit more freedom.
If its really what they want why shouldnt they be allowed it?
My parents give me a lot of freedom and i respect them for it, so if they say no to something i now their reason is valid and i respect them for it.
If you want your children to respect you you have to respect them too.
I’m 15 almost 16 and where I live you can get a piercing once you’ve turned 16. My Dad is from India so my entire female family on my dad’s side have nose piercings. In fact I got my ears pierced at 3 months. My grandmother even has a nose piercing. In fact it is considered spiritual and will bring good luck in family and childbirth. For me it’s an important spiritual decision that my parents have always allowed me to make. I haven’t done it yet, due to the healing period and because of the stage shows I do. But this Christmas me and my mother are going to get our nose’s pierced together. Oh and by the way, my mother is 53. And when I’m ready to I want to get a tattoo, but I have considered that I want to get it in a place that can easily be concealed when I need it to be… for example I don’t want a image of a unicorn on my arm for my wedding day. Not that I would get a unicorn to begin with. I think as long as they are making the decisions with thought and responsibility I don’t think piercings and tattoo’s should be that big of an issue.
Im 14 and my mom doesnt care, like she says alot of stuff isnt ok, but she doesnt care baout nose piercings
My parents and aspecialy my mom is extreemly concervative. Everytime I bring the subject up (piercings) she totally freaks and starts refusing me in every way. But finally I got her (today) to a point of even ASKING me IN FRONT OF a piercingshop to put a septum?! I think she changed her mind the evening before. I talked her about the septum that you can turn it up in your nose so nobody will see it (my grandparents, her friends,..) and if later I don’t like it anymore I can just take it out. But first I really asked her to listen to me before she starts screaming! XD If you talk to your parents like a grown up, they will respect you in that way and listen to what you have to say. Bye the way, I DIDNT take the piercing. Probably because I was afraid it would hurt or I just wasn’t ready for it.
Think about it.
I really dont understand what the big deal is.
If you dont like it or think its not attractive then DONT GET ONE.Its that simple.
i know that if my kids wanted a simple nose piercing thats fine with me becuase of you say no they will just do it them selves.
And if thats what makes them happy then what right do i have to technicaly say “no”.
I think 16 is a good age for teenagers to be given the choice to get piercings. Sometimes parents have to let their kids grow up and let them find out what they want without them having such an influence. However saying that I do listen to what my parents have to say and appreciate their thoughts and I do take it into consideration.For instance my mother feels getting a nose piercing could affect my exams because she also has a nose piercing and found it very distracting at first. With my exams coming up i realise she could be right and don’t want to risk that, so I am waiting till afterwards.
I am 13 almost 14, [about a week time] and i asked my mom about getting my nose peirced. Both parents denied me. Which deffinitly sucked. i tried to talk to them about it, especially since my mom had one, but they shut me down right away. we never got the chance to sit down together and talk about it. they just said no. So i did it myself. [BTW it does not work, well for me anywyas)] but my mom took it out, because it was going to get infected and if i wanted it not to scar it had to be taken out right away. My dad was away at the time, so i had to phone and tell him… after that i was grounded for a period of 5 months [though the punishment didnt quite work because they forgot about it] now i am getting my nose peirced in about 3 days. I finally got them to talk it out and they decided i was allowed to.
One of the reasons that they didnt want me to get it done, was because they wanted me to think about the decsion. I know everybody says its no big deal, and thats what i thought but: you’re punching a hole through you’re nose! Do you not get this? did you know it can scar if it rejects? Not all people’s body’s can accept something so foreign.
Another reason why they didnt want me to get my nose peirced is because we actually do change our minds alot. Last year i changed my mind 15 times on what i would like to get done. That freaked my parents out alot, because they thought that i would change my mind on this. But i stuck to my decsion to get my nose peirced all through this year. so now i am.
When my parents discussed this they told me that one reason they are saying yes is because your nose is cartaledge, and it was unfair that i could get my ears peirced for my birthday and not my nose. So they included the nose in my birthday present. :]
I think you’re parents would be willing to compromise if we acted more responsible around them. Try sitting them down on a couch at a good time, when they can actually talk, and asking them what they think is wrong with the nose peircing. Remeber your parents care about you, and are only wanting to protect you and make sure you all going to be alright in life.
One comprimise i think can work is if you show them through your grades. Sit down with them and ask them if you could get your nose peirced, if you got certain grades. When the year is finished show them your report card and ask then.
Im 16 and i got my nose pierced and my parents didn’t have a problem with it
im only 11 and my mom has no objection with getting my nose peirced and im going to get it asap i just have to wait until my dad gives me some money cuz im daddy’s lil grl
Well i am 16 and i just had an argument with my parents about getting a nose stud but my dad says its not biblical so i cant get one.
he also says not many women have there nose peirced o i should be like everyone else and ot get it done but then all the time he tells me to be different…not another drone…but now he is just being a hypocryte. so i am way confused
i am thinking of getting it done anyway but i dont want to be rebellious so idk right now!
I think that it should be both the child and parents choice.. i got my nose and belly button done a couple weeks after i turned 18. My dad was the one most against it, and after he saw it he didn’t say much about it.
But if your like 12-14 and want your nose pierced, I would say no. Thats way to young to know for sure thats what you want. And its not painless, it does hurt and there is a chance for infection.
Either way i think you should know the risks and what not, and be sure its what you want. But i dont think the right should be taken away.
Oh and on one last note. I understand the importance of asking your parent’s permission before getting a piercing or whatever. I asked (well more like told) my dad that I would be getting a second set of ear piercings, my right nostril, my right helix, perhaps a left industrial (helix) and a few tattoos. My primary focus at the moment are the secondary ear piercings and the nose. Well he has no problem with me getting my ears pierced a second time so long as I pay for it, but I’m not so sure about the cartilage or nose. But either way, I’ll be getting them sooner or later rather or not he likes it because the fact of the matter is, it’s my body and it’s what I like and something that I need to be content. So regardless of he says about the others, I’ll be getting them anyway when I skip off to college in two years.
…Ah and of course I’ll be getting my navel done for my 18th birthday, but I feel that since I’ll be of age and that is a more personal piercing, I don’t have to share that information with my father or my stepmom. But I’m so excited for my secondary ear piercings and my nose piercing. I’ve been looking up information, tips, and even videos of people getting these piercings for the past month or so. It’s something I’m very much looking forward to. =)
As a parent I feel the the need to pick and choose my battles. My daughter had her belly button pierced the spring before 9th grade and her nose pierced last year in 11th grade. I chose the place that did them and I was able to see to it that she had taken appropriate care of them. She was happy, I just want her to be safe.
i have my nose pierced on both sides and i love them! neither side got infected and it looks really cool. if you want it done go for it!! xx
After listening to my now 15 year old daughter’s pleas for a tongue piercing, nose, eyebrow – ANYTHING! – for almost a year, I decided that I should look at it from her point of view. What was acceptable when I was her age is not the same in 2008. I remember when my friends parents though ear piercing was a sign of the devil! I told my daughter last week that I would consider the nose piercing, but only after I researched the pros and cons. Much to my surprise, she showed a wonderful show of maturity and printed out information from the internet for me (ok, so I procrastinate sometimes). She doesn’t know it yet, but she will have her eyebrow (her final choice) pierced this weekend.
Some of the comments on here are ridiculous. Sarah (comment no. 5) has got it completely right. By using slang and ‘txt speak’ when trying to prove a point, you’re just undermining yourself. Try and see it from you parents’ point of veiw – what if it goes wrong? Who is then going to have to pay to have it put right?
You can’t have a nose piercing without parental consent until you’re sixteen – and even then you’ve got to think about how much it will cost, where are you going to have it done, and how long you need to leave a stud in for – a lot of schools don’t allow it.
Grow up a little and maybe your parents will compromise with you.
Let them get it while they will be able to wear it and enjoy it. Most jobs do not allow you to wear nose rings, so they will have to take it out soon after they are 18 anyway. Plus, it is important to keep it clean, otherwise it can become painful and infected. This will teach them a little accountability as well.
Im getting a nose ring,even though my parents gave me my body i have the right to control what goes on it.
I guess, that what parents are afraid of it’s the stereotype that comes with a nose piercings.
The first thing my mom said, when I got my nose pierced was.. Oh you know Descent and educated girls don’t have those.. I am a very responsible, educated and well behaved girl, and the fact that I chose to get a nose piercing doesn’t change that.
Actually, I had to take my nose piercing like a few minutes ago, b.c it got INFECTED and I am very sad!!
and yeah, I think you should let your kids express who they are, I mean offcourse I dont agree with like 14, 15 years old getting nose piercings, but if they are older, I don’t see anything wrong with it.
and With the ear piercings, In my country, when you are born you get your ears pierced right away. So when ever I have kids, I am piercing their earrings when they are younger, so I can spare them the pain when they are older.
it is not about whether your going to like it when your older because you can easilly take it out and there will only be like a tiny dot where it was, plus whats the diffrence between getting a facial percing and a ear percing, just beacuse it is seen diff in the world doesnt mean you have to follow what the rest of the world does and care what they think its a negative attidude to pass on to your kids
wel. i did mine a few weeks ago by myself and nothing reely happened…
I think the kids on here that say teens should be able to do whatever they want are rediculous. That statement alone disqualifies you to make sound decisions. All these kids want to have parents lighten up to be able to do what they want, however, teen pregnancy is on the rise and so is drunk driving in teens. Do I think getting tattooed and pierced up is going to kill you, no…but it will change the way people look at you. That boy that takes you on a date will most certainly be looking for more from you than a goodnight kiss when he sees how free you are with marking your body up. And for those that say it is “individuality” that is the reason they are doing it are just lying because the reason they are doing it is to emulate someone else…hardly “individual”. It isn’t just an “old” person hangup, if you ask some of the girls in your own school I will bet alot of them will say that it is trashy. Why? Because it is trashy, look at one of the comments above that says it is “sexy”. I have alot of “sexy” dresses but I don’t wear them to a baseball game. You are putting your “sexy” nosering in all the time and in most places it is un-classy but it is still worn and out of place. Undoubtedly, when you go in for an interview with another girl that doesn’t have a nosering there is really little doubt who will get that job…
So in the end, why do you really want that nosering? Isn’t it really because your parents DON’T want you to get it? Therefore making it a “rebellion” from your parents and epitomizing the rule that you are a teenager and not really old enough to make those decisions for yourself?
Bottom line…you are a child, not an adult by the law standards and not your parents therefore negating any argument that you have. Your parents work hard for a living so that you can have an existance and deserve to have the respect from you. Obviously, if you are going to do it anyway without your parents permission, you do not deserve their respect anyway and they are the ones that will suffer with all the comments and the side looks from people thinking they are bad parents for “allowing” you to look so trashy. I agree with the parents, look like that on your own time after 18 when they can at least say they can’t control what you do but under 18, they have every right to control what you do, they pay your way through life.
I’m 14 and I’ve wanted a nose stud for quite some time. Not to fit in, not to stand out. I think that they’re adorable. That’s it. Just a small, classy diamond nose stud. I don’t see how it’s all that different from a small stud in your ear, which my parents had no problem with- however, they say no to piercings on my face until I’m 18. I don’t understand this- they’re okay with any form of ear piercing, but suddenly, when I get a nose stud, it’s considered obscene. It’s not as if one small piercing would turn a straight-A, perfectly behaved International Baccalaureate student into a trashy rebel. I’d have no problem with wearing a band-aid over it to school or work, either. The whole idea of rebelling against society isn’t really my thing. I’m not doing it to fit in, either- I don’t even know anyone with a nose stud. I just think it would look cute and suit me very nicely, similar to a small earring. I also don’t understand why anyone considers this trashy, either- isn’t that a bit judgmental? Does one little stud really make my personality any different? I think not. I have a future- I’m well educated, and i know that I have a future. I plan on being a psychiatrist. Of course, I’d take my nose piercing out for that job. Small studs are easily taken out or hidden after they heal. But, the point is, one small stud in my nose wouldn’t change my future or make me any less educated. It wouldn’t make me lose my morals. Of course, I won’t get this piercing until my parents give me permission. I probably won’t get this piercing until I’m 16 or 18. But I’m simply saying- one small stud shouldn’t determine your perspective on someone’s personality.
I’m 15 and I have three lip and 6 ear peircings(not on same ear) that I did by myself(not at same time). Your kids don’t need a consent form to hand you when they can do it themselves..I am not a bad kid I have a learning problem but I am still passing my grade and classes all expet math(only because they have a SR. teaching a pre-alg class) she explains things to complicated..anyway my personality is the same i’m not doing it to rebell or umm whats that thing called….oh fit in I guess I mean there are quiet a few people with like lots of facial peircings and im going to end up taking them out eventually…I like the wat they look plus peircings are amuzing to me o(^-^)o