Suitable age for ear piercing?

Dgd aged 9 had her's done when she was 8 and has just had second piercings. Her mother - our ex-dil - asked DS if it would be ok - and when he said "definitely not" replied "Too late, it's done now". He's furious

I have known people to have babies ears pierced as soon as they can. I took my daughter to get hers pierced at 16 the guy refused saying she wasn’t old enough. He would only do piercings on someone 18 or over. I appreciated his attitude and thought he was very responsible obviously not just after my money.

Granddaughter had hers done at 11 - my son wasn't keen on the idea but was overruled!

I was in my thirties, my daughters were around sixteen and the GDs were about 14. It is usually the looking after that is the problem and school attitudes vary, one GD can wear her studs and the other shouldn't really wear anything but all the girls wear tiny studs.

Mine were pierced in my early 30 the first date DD1 started school. One DD 17 the other about 23. Our GD14 is thinking but her mum is holding off.
An Italian friend had her DD done at a few months. Their earrings are different to ours and have screw backs on so the baby can't pull the butterfly clip off and swallow it. I still think it is too young.

My DD had hers done at 9...my eldest GD had them at 7 yrs....neither had any issues..... both old enough to understand the need for aftercare.... GD wears tiny gold studs for school.. school are fine with pierced ears as long as small studs only

DGD was allowed to have her ears pierced when she was 12. She soon got bored and gave up wearing earrings. Fast forward another 8 years and she now has pierced ears - and a pierced nose. However, she is showing signs of again being bored and giving up earrings! I wonder what she'll be doing at 25. As for me, mine were done when I was 27, with a hypodermic wielded by my junior doctor sister during a quiet afternoon in A&E. I still love earrings.

When my daughter was about 18 , we phoned her from our holiday to check in with her . She told us that she had had a tattoo , knowing I hated them ! On our return it was a nose stud she had done but thought saying she had a tattoo would soften the blow about the nose stud ! This has long gone she’s 49 this year and still no tattoo thankfully!

I think the correct age is when the parents say a child can have them done.

I am sure I am in the minority but never had my ears pierced, eldest daughter now mid 40s has never had hers done either. Youngest daughter asked from being about 8 years old , I told her she would have to wait till she was 16 - but knew I would have to give in earlier than that. Took her when she was 13. I do not like to see babies and young children with pierced ears! Their ears belong to them, in my opinion parents do not have the right to pierce their child's ears!

I made my 2 DD’s wait until they were 13. I don’t like to see young children with earrings, girls or boys.

This is clearly down to Parental personal choice in the first instance, and there are cultural differences, but I don't like seeing babies or toddlers with pierced ears. They obviously don't have any say in it, so I feel that they're being treated more as an object to be decorated rather than as a human being with certain rights. I'm much happier with the idea of a child or young person being consulted and being offered ear-piercing when they're of an age to fully understand what's about to happen, and to have a personal say in that.I don't think that stage is reached until a child is around 11 or so, although it will vary with the relative maturity of the child. .

One DD had her ears pierced at about 16 she then wanted a tattoo and was told to wait until she left school, we thought she had listened.
Going through Check at Marseille Airport all the bells started ringing, they told her to take the earings out, still a lot of bells in the end she confessed she had had her nipple pierced because we had said no to the barbwire tattoo.
I just couldn't stop myself and told her in front of everyone what a stupid girl she was and would never be able to breastfeed if she got an infection. She never did anything else and her DH told her to get rid of it.
A friend's daughter got a nose piercing and an infection she ended up with a scare like a huge blackhead.
How do you make them see sense you think going halfway will suffice but it never is.