How old to you have to be to have a belly button pierced?

Serious Q for once (A rarity for me i know) My nieces friend is apparently getting her belly button pierced for her 12th birthday?? Surely this cant be right? I'm sure that not only will it look awful on a child but that its also illegal, am i right?

Answer:
think the parent/s will have to consent to it.my friends daughter had hers done at 12 too.Its wrong,wrong,wrong their bodies are still growing
In Mississippi, you have to be 18
You have to be 18 unless you are with a parent that shows ID.
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i dont know if it the law but everywhere iv been you have to be 16 unless consented by a parent or gaurdian
until she is 18 or has parental consent to do it. That is so wrong and it's ugly this little girl is going to be a **** sorry to say. It is a sex symbol and why get one unless you are taking your clothes off all the time?
18 without your parents being there
You have to be 18 in order to get a body piercing without a parent. Some body piercing shops do have age limits even with parents, but most just require that anyone under 18 has to have a parent or guardian with them in order to get pierced.
I think its about 18 without parent consent and 16 with parent consent- but I suppose its down to the discretion of the piercer and if they are prepared to pierce 12 year old girls with or without parental concent- I think its wrong personally, I know I wanted it all done at 13/14 but I had to wait and Im glad I did now otherwise I prob woulda ended up with something I didnt like!
some places in Dublin will only do it at 16 if you have a parent with you most places now ya have to be 18
You can get it pierced at any age as long as you have a parent to say its alright.
I took my 14yr old for hers doing and had to sign consent papers.
if the mom signs for it ..its not illegal.
Otherwise you have to be 18. just like tattoos.
And no that is far to young.she should at least finish growing or by the time she is 18 it will look funny
i is not a good idea i think the leagal age should around 15 or 14, the child has brearly got boobs at the age of 12.
In most states it's sixteen if a parent is with you, eighteen without parental consent.

I'm really not sure about a twelve year old. Depends on the establishment; and of course, she'd have to have parental consent.
I got my belly pierced at 13, and you can be ANY age in ANY state with a parentals consent.
What's all the fuss about? Some people have their children's ears pierced when they are 3 months old. I got my belly button pierced when I was 17 and 12 years later I still love it! She can always take it out if she gets fed up of it.
I'm sure if they pierce newborn babies ears they will do belly buttons.
Hopefully she won't find a shop that will do it, but knowing the highly honourable types that own and run them, I wouldn't count on it!

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Any age if the parent says it is all right. It's not your bussiness to judge. Keep your nose out of people's bussiness.
I think it should be sixteen at least then she can take the pain that comes with being pierced. But first I would start with ears alone just to see if she could handle the pain. I never had anything pierced b/c with like shots I imagine it's incredubly painful.
I got mine at 12, so did all my friends, and we all got tattoo's when we were 15-16 I kind wish my parents were not so liberal!
I'm sorry but you can get it peirced at some places that young. But you have to have a parent present but in your neices friends case it dosen't matter. I personaly think that those kinds of peircings are gross. Although you have to think that it is a whole lot safer to get it done by a professional. Some girls that age will just go off and have one of their friends do it for them which is a TERRIBLE thing to do.
its 16 in UK or u need parents consents but to be honest i don't like them iv saw a few people who had them done and if there not cleaned properly they become infected and look very nasty no offence just saying the down side i personally just stick to my ears lol anyhow good luck whatever way it goes:)
in TX i think you have to be 18 or older. anyone under that age must be accompianed by a parent or guardian over 21 and they must show ID
i got mine done in northcarolina and you had to be16
U are allowed to have it done after 10 years of age with parental consent or 16 without. Its qute dangrous as wel because its very easily infected
let her have her way , shes going to b a teenager and we all know if u say not she will comw home with all sorts of piercings to piss u off lol
im nearly 14 and i had mine done at 11 its not iilegal to have it done over 12 i was nearly 12 when i had mine done
my friend took her daughter to have hers done...the woman in the salon said theat most places won't do this to anyone under 13 years even if the parent is with them. she lied and said her child was 13 but in fact she was 12 and noone asked for proof.
In state of California, minors (17 and under) can receive body piercings with parental permission.

I got mine done for my 16th birthday. It rejected. I got mine re-done for my 17th birthday. It rejected. My mom took me both times as I begged her for years on end.

However, when I got my second one, a friend did her's along with her 13 year old cousin, who had to have a signed form from her parents (as her aunt was present as her mom couldn't due to work).

The piercing shop has the right to refuse under the age of 14. He made an accept-ion for the 13 year old cousin.

It is not illegal if permitted by the guardian of the Minor.

I don't think a 12 year old should have such a piercing. However, we are not the parent to decide that.
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