How old do you have to be to get a body piercing?
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i think u can get it wenever as long as ur parents w/ u unless ur over 18
113504
Fortunately for you, my sister is right here. She has been a professional body piercer for over four years. Her advice is:\n\nGo to a qualified professional. This is the only thing that she wants you to do. Lip piercing is a "blind piercing" and should not be attempted at home. The risks of doing it yourself include: going through the musculature, infection, scarring, and keloiding.\n\nDon't do it yourself.
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I don't see how that's possible. Either question. Two of our children wanted to get their noses pierced and we told them no, they could do what they wanted when they moved out. A few years later both had reached legal age and moved out, now their 30 & 33 and neither has pierced their noses. It was just a passing thing I guess. Your parents for now are your boss and you should listen to them and respect their choices for you so long as you know it's nothing to harm you.
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piercings are different for everyone. But it should take atleast 2 weeks, maybe longer, for you to be able to change it. \nand in the mean time make sure you keep it clean with salt water or alcohol wipes which would help prevent infection so you can change it sooner
511035
16 i think.. but ask a doctor
1101424
I am 45 & have had my ears pierced since I was a teenager & never had an infection but when my nephews got theirs done one was okay but the other one kept getting infections so I guess it could be an allergic reaction
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NO NO NO NO NO NO!   There are so many reasons not to do this.  Fist diseases, like hepatitis and Infections. Tattoo and Peircing shops are supposed to be sterile. They have to pass alot of codes and stuff to make sure their equipment is safe and clean.\n\nsecond this disfigurement factor.  Pericings don't always close depending on where they are.  The person needs to have the right equipment and know how to get the job done right so you don't get infected or scarred.  Many of the areas that are commonly pierced get like this thick scar tissue when they heal over, not to noticable but you can't perice through it easily so little chance of fixing boo boos.\n\nIf you are geting you ear LOBES pierced the little stations at the mall and such are fine, anywhere else on your body, research.  See their work.  Make sure you SEE them take the needle out of the package. Any good piercer will do that without you asking.  Make sure they are clean and talk to people who have had stuff done there.  The point of Tattoos and Piercing is adornment so make sure it is done right.
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I am a huge fan of piercings on men and women! and I like tats if they are tasteful.  I have one tat on the back of my neck (so it can be covered by my hair if neccessary) and 9 piercings.  There are a lot of places on the ear you can pierce and be really creative with.  There are also other places that I would highly recommend having pierced;)  You can even do a tat with a piercing in it.  Either way you go be careful.  Be sure to have a professional do it and make sure the establishment uses sanitary needles and has plenty of experience.  Tats are permanent! and if the artist messes it up your still stuck with it.  Piercings can cause nerve damage and infections.  Both tats and holes need lots of care afterwards.  The decision is yours!  Good luck!
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15 Piercing Myths Exposed\n\nby Amy Redd\n\nThe idea of paying someone to shove metal through your flesh might not rank very high on your To-Do list. However, it might jump up a few notches if you were able to separate the truth about the art of body piercing from certain myths floating around. While body piercing may not be for everyone, flawed preconceptions only heighten the reluctance of potential candidates to delve into this somewhat taboo area.\n\nEven the pierced population can become confused by the fallacies running rampant through society. Misinformation leads to health hazards if a new piercing is improperly cared for. Whether you are in the market for a body piercing or not - don't believe everything you hear. \n\nThe Association of Professional Piercers - an international, non-profit group - dispenses health and safety information about body piercing. APP-certified professional piercer Randy Smyre at Pain & Wonder Tattoos and Body Piercing helps to dispel these hindering myths:\n\nPiercings can cause paralysis. This is not an effect of the actual piercing procedure. If an infection is allowed to set in, and nothing is done about it, paralysis is only a possibility, Smyre says. He has never heard of it being a direct instantaneous result of a piercing. If piercings are properly cared for, it should not be a factor.\n\nIt is virtually impossible to blow your nose if you have a nose piercing. Rest assured that someone with a nose piercing is just as capable of blowing his or her nose as someone without this piercing. Unless the jewelry in the nose is extremely large and obstructive, Smyre says it does not affect the ability to blow your nose whenever the need should arise. Tara Newsome, a sophomore Linguistics and Spanish major from Augusta, has a total of 11 body piercings, including one in her nostril. She says the jewelry hasn't interfered with blowing her nose, and it merely took a little time to grow accustomed to. "Everybody asked me, 'How do you stand that?'" she says. "You just get used to it."\n\nDrinking beer with a new oral piercing will cause a yeast infection to form in your mouth. This is false, but don't celebrate just yet. Drinking alcoholic beverages of any kind while a piercing heals, especially an oral piercing, is not recommended by the APP. It will destroy the newly formed skin tissue and cause unnecessary swelling, Smyre says. "The healthier your lifestyle, the easier it will be for your piercing to heal," according to the APP Web site (www.safepiercing.org).\n\nWell at least there's nothing wrong with drinking a little alcohol before getting pierced. Wrong again. Aside from the excess bleeding and swelling alcohol would cause, Smyre says this also brings up an issue of poor judgment. "Drunk people are impossible to deal with," he adds. Those with alcohol in their system won't get pierced at Pain & Wonder.\n\nIf a certain vein in the tongue is accidentally pierced, you could bleed to death. There is surprisingly some amount of truth to this, though it is not nearly as alarming as it first appears. There is an arterial structure that, if pierced, can cause excessive bleeding (not necessarily death). It might not even be noticeable at first because the blood drains down the tongue, Smyre says. You would probably get sick and seek medical attention before you would even realize what actually happened. Technically this is a possibility, but it is extremely unlikely when dealing with a trained professional. Smyre says the tongue is not a very complex organ. To avoid such a situation, the piercer must simply pull back the tongue and check the location of this arterial structure before proceeding with the piercing.\n\nCleaning a piercing as many times a day as possible will ensure a faster healing time. While this might seem like common sense, over-cleaning is not better for a piercing. Piercings should be cleaned about twice daily an
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Well, where do you live? I live in Seattle, and here, there are quite a few places where tattoos, peircings and pink hair are pretty much required. Whereas when I lived in Chattanooga Tennessee, I couldn't find ANYWHERE that would let me work with just a Labret stud. You might want to try Hot Topic if there's one nearby, though ususlly they have highschool kids clawing to be hired.If you have mornings available you might want to do prep at a restaurant. Evenings, try Telemarketing, just don't do Timeshare or wholesale food type sales, they are both pretty impossible
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My husband is a tattooist in New York State.....the legal age (in a tatoo parlor) is 18.....NO EXCEPTIONS....If a tatooist works from his/her own home they are free to make the choice but most will say 17 with parental consent only.Piercings are usually 16 with parental consent.If you decide on a tattoo parlor PLEASE make sure that it is one with a good reputation......=)
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In a body piercer shop, and try to get a job. If you do, explain that you don't know how to. If your manager is nice, he/she will teach you well. If your manager is hot-headed, I'm sorry for the wrong advice.
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no you have to be older than 16
264217
First off how old are you?  If you're under 15 I'd say wait on navel piercings--- not a responsibility thing, more a your body won't do well with it and you're still growing up and maybe out who knows.. but if you want to do it anyway... get it done by someone who knows what they are doing....BUT if you can't do that then somehow find a hollow pt. 14 gauge needle to pierce it with and make sure everything is sterile *trust me get someone who knows how to do it do it*  I did my own when I was 14 with a leather needle and hoop earing *ok we're talking like 1989 here* but it got infected *ewe* then did it with hollow pt. needle *did ok but hurt like a SOB and got kinda infected* then waited a bit and got a ligit piercer to do it.. no problems since...
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nope you need to be at least 16
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Ear piercings are ok but I can't understand why someone would want to put holes in other areas of their bodies.  Even ears can get infected but at least the risks are small.  With other body piercings, the chances of infection are higher (i.e. the tongue because of all the bacteria in the mouth) and the healing can take longer if infection occurs.  I don't know why someone would want to take that risk.  I've seen people with large ugly scars because infection set in and took so long to heal.
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First of all ewwwwww.\n\nSelf mutilation may be popular right now, but piercings will not help your looks as you age. You're going to get wrinkles and now your adding holes too?