Convincing my parents to let me get a lip piercing?

Question

i've wanted snakebites (the piercing!) for a looonngggg time and so i asked my parents. they think it would ruin my chances of getting summer jobs etc. because it would look 'weird and freakish' and they think it'll give me cancer or something. i'm 14 but if i do convince them i'm getting the piercing next summer when i'll be almost 15 because my braces will be off.

does anybody have pictures of people (gender doesn't matter) who look 'normal' with lip piercings? and any advice for taking care of piercings and stuff?

Answer 1

dude! my parents said the same thing! (about not getting a job)

i proved them wrong by going with one of my friends and getting my lip pierced (snake bits) with out them knowing, yeah i got grounded when they found out..lol, but after a while they realized I'm still me, and i found a job, no problem.

**to care for them, always clean the ring (or stud, or whatever you end up buying) each time you take it off or put it on, with rubbing alcohol, and keep them in a container when your not wearing them so they don't get dust or anything that could cause an infection.

also, buy chap stick, lol, sounds weird and maybe it is, but when i got mine done my lips got really dry for like the first week. not sure if that's normal or not but my lips are fine now...so yeah...

just let your parents know its only changing your outside, your still going to be "you" on the inside. (=

(sorry i don't have any pics...)

Answer 2

EEEEEW!NASTY!

When your older your gonna wish u never got that peircing!it leaves a big ugly scar and every1 is gonna think about wat a weirdo u are!I'm a teenager and i think thats DISGUSTING!

Answer 3

Seriously, it wouldn't be cancer you'd be getting, it would be an infection. I have so many piercings and if you take care of them and clean them out, there is very little harm! I have no idea why so many people think that piercings are dangerous to get. Just make sure that you get it done in a clean place that's disinfected with people who you can trust. And for the whole freakish thing, it's not like you're destroying your life! hahah. Just tell them you're trying to express yourself artistically; maybe you can compromise with them by getting smaller, less noticable studs.

Good luck! I personally love a good snakebite.

xx

Answer 4

i think lip rings look trashy. dont do it as a way of just pi$$ing your parents off

Answer 5

I'm so used to my piercings now.

I barely notice the lip.

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn47/...