"MarieD" wrote in message
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Am I an old fogie at age 31? I keep having this shocked feeling when I
find out 13 and 14 year olds that I know are having their lips, tongues,
navels and/or noses pierced. Is this just normal now-a-days and I am
behind the times, or what?
This is not a case of my being a prude or uptight about the idea; I've had
tattoos and some piercings, but I was an adult, not a 13 year old. To me
there is quite a large difference in an adult and a 13/14 year old having
something like that done.

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One of the things when I was growing up, was that basically the reputable
places wouldn't do non-ear piercing for under 16s (and ear piercing only
with an adult). So anyone under that age that had it pierced had gone to one
of the backstreet tattoo places where they didn't ask too many questions-and
the hygene was supect.
As far as I'm aware (and I haven't researched this) this is still the case
in the UK. I know of a few 17/18yo with piercings, but not noticed many
obviously under age around.
Debbie