Why shouldn't teenagers get body piercings?
112117
Who ever said that it was wrong to get body piercings!\n hell go get one and tell me about it sweetheart.
814131
Because you are 14 and are growing, and/or gaining weight.\n\nMany young people your age put on wieght as part of the growing process, so it does not mean there is something wrong with you or your body.\n\nDon't worry about them. They will fade away (mostly) one day.
885042
well not all goth and emo individuals are bad, sometimes they have a bad life and take it out on their clothes or their bodies, or sometimes they feel like they need a lot of attention so they say to themselves hey I'm gonna get a billion piercings and run around in cool looking clothing!, and sometimes it can be because of a religion like they feel they need to hide their bodies to the lord or something, their not bad, most of the time just misunderstood.\np.s hope I helped Tara
227056
They're vain and insecure, or there is a medical condition or accident that requires them to get it. For example, if someone is in a car accident and they break their left check bone, plastic surgery would be used to restore some of the damage.
859092
There are many reasons why a man or woman gets pierced/tattooed. This seems to be a sexist question.  Why question why do WOMEN get tattoos and piercings?\n\nSome PEOPLE choose it as a means of adornment.  This ranges in desire/values from purely decorative to shocking in nature.  It is a choice.  The range of acceptance differs, so will the range of what those who want to "shock" will "wear" as well.\n\nTattooing and piercing have gone quite mainstream so a brow or tongue piercing twenty years ago would illicit more 'shock value' than it does today.  People have resorted to implants and other extreme means of body modification for that now.\n\nWe get many women in the shop who are getting tattoos as GIFTS for their husbands - I am talking 25th wedding anniversary presents, so this is not just for the youth of our society.\n\nMany tattoos are thought out well in advance and have a very special spiritual meaning.  Let's face it, if everyone liked tweed jackets and hush puppies, look how boring it would be!\n\nHair color has gone extreme, even with men.  It is so much fun now, even in conservative environments, people are loosening up and becoming more tolerant.
191318
Most places require you to be at least 18. Any age under that requires consent of an adult. Some places vary on age requirements (with adult consent) on different piercings. Some places will allow you to get your tongue pierced at 16 with adult consent. But don't expect to get any genital piercings until you are 18--even if you have consent of an adult.
149257
They can get infected with poor hygiene, like any piercing.  If you get one make sure you have low rise pants, since the piercing likes to hook onto clothing.
172620
It's taboo and secretive. It's an adult thing that the adults don't want you to know too much about. It's something that teens are starting to physically feel and want to know more about. And it doesn't help when their friends seems to know more or at least want to discuss it at length.
503994
Generally this happens when you find something sexy, or you are thinking about something sexy.  Sometimes there is no reason if you are a teenager - it just happens sometimes!\n\nGirls get them too but it's far less obvious as they don't have a penis (they do have a tiny little part called the clitoris which is well worth finding out about when you have a long term girlfriend).\n\n"Boners" or errections as they are properly known are a normal and natural part of a boy becoming a man.
137453
My boyfriend is a body piercer. He has done it for almost 10 years now. He has his nipples pierced and I love them. I have watched him pierce nipples on men and women. Everyone is different when it comes to pain. I have seen some people who take it with no problems and some people wimp around after it is done. It's all based on you. I think it is a neat piercing. I don't have mine done yet. I have 9 piercing now and I'm movin' on up. Piercing "your lady"? Well, I will never do it and my boyfriend won't pierce that area. He says that it is hard for some people to get that area healed b/c it is easy to get infected. It is a warm, wet area. AND.... no sex for a long while after it is done. If you can keep it clean and think it is something u want.... GO FOR IT.....
477656
Because high school guy are going through puberty and want to fulfill their fantasies. And they wanna look cool in front of their friends so they don't want someone unattractive to show to their friends.
321254
I agree.  The human body is beautiful.  Why abuse it with all these piercings?
203188
13 is plenty old enough to wear earrings, makeup (in moderation), and I assume by nylons you mean pantyhose? My goodness, I was wearing them to church before I was 10! What does she wear with a skirt anyway? All of these are fine and appropriate for a 13-year-old, I think. The least being makeup, and I do stress *in moderation*. I'm sure that when I was 13, I liked to carry around a compact of pressed powder (like all of my friends) and lip gloss, but that was about the extent of it. No heavy mascara or gaudy lipstick.\n\nThe boy is a different story, though. I did have my first "boyfriend" at 13, which amounted to holding hands and my first kiss. He was also 13, though, which is MUCH different than a 16-year-old boy, which tend to only be after one thing. If she insists that she neeeeeds a boyfriend, perhaps you could stipulate that they only go out with supervision, never alone in his car, maybe even within a year or so of her own age.\n\nGood luck to you...I'm so not looking forward to my own daughter becoming a teenager!!
432266
Well, I do not agree with banning them , however peircing of this nature is not supposed to be performed on anyone under 18 yrs without the permission and prescence of their parents in certain states, if not all of them.  So, to ban it is kinda of "dumb" when they have permission from parents. We should not be bannning kids from expressing themselves and their individuality or not so individuality since so many do it and its more like, "Robbie got one so why cant I?".  These are choices I think a kid in high school can make. So let's deny them an education because of peircings , is a backward concept.
99703
Yes,one of the main reasons there is such a problem with teen pregnancy is inconvinience of lack of funds, to get protection.There is also a problem with transportation ex:wanting to go to a place that offers contreceptives, but no bieng able to get there.I dont think having them at a highschool would encourage teens to have sex.Do people really believe the teens are giong to want to have sex more just because there is protection readily available.I mean just because you are young, doesn't mean you don't have a mind of your own.You are a human bieng just like anyone else.
331829
Hee hee, that's so true.  For teens who dress goth, without understanding what goth is all about, it's just a fad that represents rebellion against normal fashion.  Truth is, real goths don't care about standing out, they just want to be themselves, and they're not rebelling against the system.  It think the spooky kids just dress that way to piss of their parents, which teen "punks", "hippies", and "greasers" probably did in past generations.  It doesn't do any harm, but in hindsight it's silly.
336034
not at all..but i think you should if you want to and you have REALLY thought about it.. i hate the idea of 18 year old girls getting nose jobs as a graduation present.