My Parents Wont Let Me Get A Double Piercing

I'm 16 and I want another piercing but my parents won't let me without a good reason help?

How many piercings do you currently have and where? Have you asked your parents what they would consider "a good reason?" Which piercing(s) are you considering?If you want something that looks cool/aggressive/rebellious but your parents aren't into the idea of you scarring yourself and possibly regretting it later on, consider talking to them about a septum. There's loads of jewelry available for basically any kind of look, so you can switch from big *ss BCR's to dainty little rings with glittery stones in them as you please; you can even make a deal with your parents to put a retainer in when attending family events or similar to help your cause. Same goes for a potential employer. If any scarring does occur it'll be invisible inside your nostrils. It's painful, but all the best things in life are :) Best of luck!

How do I convince my parents to let me get another piercing?

Many states won't allow anyone under 16 to get any piercings at a professional establishment. Some won't until you are 18. I was a professional body piercer for 6 years before I began tattooing and many teens wanted piercings, some their parents even brought in, and I will tell you now that I would say no to your situation regardless of your parents.Oral piercings, of which I have many, take a toll on your teeth. Your teeth are the only ones you will get for the rest of your life. The jewelry, regardless of how well it fits, will touch your teeth. Just touching your teeth, the jewelry will cause damage. In my experience, a teenager is far more active and anxious than someone in their 20s, so most end up chewing on the jewelry or playing with it. Their friends comment on it and admire it, bringing more attention to it so it'll mean more playing with it. Before college, you would probably have a chip, a receding gum line, or less enamel on whatever tooth is closest to your piercing just from the excessive playing with it in class or around friends. I'm with your parents on this one. I'd sooner turn down making the money than perform the piercing.If you still want it at 18, get it. But if your parents tell you it's okay and you end up with a chipped tooth, at least they won't have to hear you blame them for allowing you to have it later on in life.

How can I convince my parents to let me get a piercing?

As a father of a 20yo I emotionally don't feel like I'm on your 'side'. My daughter wanted all of these + tattoos. I feel like that is such a waste of her body that I have difficulties having a rational conversation about it, since being a parent is (for many years at least) keeping your kid from doing things that will limit her future. Since I definitely would not hire people with visible tattoos and piercings, I want to protect her for the same risks. From people like me, no matter how weird that sounds (and feels).Having said all that, I see that my generation will set the norms for a few more years, and will fade away fast. My daughter grows up dependent on those norms for quite some more years, but not forever. Tattoos and piercings are part of that newer generation, like Elvis was the thing of my parents.Your parents are afraid of you getting damaged or limited and even though rational arguments might go over the table, not a single rational counter argument will convince them because it's only about the underlying fear. You will never convince them (really) with words. As a Persuasion expert, I think the only way is to address those underlying fears. Show them you are aware of their fears and that you acknowledge them. Show you know how these things work and that you are aware of what society might think and do. Build trust that you know what is going on out there. At that moment their fears are addressed. But also bring in that many of these fears are not experienced the same throughout generations. That it might even work differently, depending on the context.And finally, if this fails, launch the plan of getting a tattoo.. And then settle for a piercing. Piercings are 'better than' tattoos because they are less permanent, your parents will understand. My daughter got a tattoo when she was 18. I still don't like it, but I have accepted that it's part of her. And I love everything that is part of her and her choices.

What should I do if I want to get double ear piercings, but my mom thinks they're trashy?

Parents really don't have any good arguments when it comes to this, & can easily be debunked in about 2 seconds. Here's a list of the common arguments against it.1. Let's start with the 'it looks trashy!' one. Has your mom ever told you not to judge people based on how they look? Chances are she has. Now in all fairness to her, it is the cold hard truth that people do judge you on your appearance. However, you're asking for a very mainstream, subtle piercing that isn't even likely to draw any attention. I can assure you that no one except your friends is probably even going to notice or care about you having a double ear piercing. And for the record, I've seen MANY professional women in white collar industries wearing them. And even though she thinks it looks trashy, an extra hole isn't going to cause you to BE trashy or do trashy things. Does she really think you'll all of a sudden do a 180 and change your entire personality or nature over an ear piercing? Doesn't work that way.2. 'You'll never get a good job!'. Well, at your age, it's unlikely that you're going to be joining the corporate workforce anytime soon (see #1 about how it wouldn't matter anyway). Plus, kids aren't total idiots. If a job has a dress code about no double piercings (unlikely, but just for arguments sake), the whole concept of not following rules=get fired/suspended=no job=no money isn't so complicated that it takes years & years of preparation to understand this. Which ties into my third point 3. 'You'll regret it!'. This is simply impossible. It's a piercing. Not a tattoo or heavy modification. If you down the road don't want it, you'll simply remove it. At most, you'd have a teeny scar no one could ever notice, & often times not even that. But she may try the...4. 'It could get infected!'. Now, I'm not psychic, but I'm going to predict that somehow she wasn't so concerned about this when you got your first holes. So why is she now? Why would second holes be so likely to get infected, but first holes won't? Ultimately if you're a minor, it's her decision anyway-unfortunately, adults tend to forget that when they were teens, they likely wore stuff adults hated-I know I see things young people wearing nowadays & am like 'why!?!', but that's just how it is, teens will always wear stuff adults don't like or don't understand, but at the end of the day it's just clothing/hairstyles/piercings etc.