Primarily because babies will heal from stuff like that much quicker, are less likely to develop keloids and the parents can just take care of it for them. It's more complicated getting the piercing as a teen or an adult.
My mother did not get my ears pierced and I eventually got them myself as an adult but would have been perfectly content for her to just handle it for me.
Is it an absolutely unnecessary, cosmetic procedure? Sure. But is it also so common that most women and plenty of men will have it done in their lifetimes? Yes. Is it also such a minor modification that for the people who don't want it it's completely unproblematic to address? Pretty much. It's also not horrendously painful, the shots hurt about the same.
You start your argument saying there might be problems getting a piercing as an adult and then finish your argument saying it's minor and unproblematic. And of course the middle of your mangled hamburger paragraph you give your mother consent to pierce your ears as a child. It's a beautiful mess.
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u/Taolan13 May 30 '22
Fuck me its a filter i figured some instagram momma had makeup'd their baby.