mike1ang says:

Usually during a piercing operation the one who does it should use a local anesthesia (spray or injected with a very small needle). So, if your son will be anesthesiated then it is probable less painful if he does it in his lip, because the eyebrow is very hard to anesthesiate. If there is no anesthesia involved, then the lip one is more painful because the skin in the lip area is harder to penetrate. Anyway, if he wants to do it he shoud be prepared for pain, if not in the proper act of geting the piercing, in the 3-4 days in which he will feel pain in the piercing area, and also a certain disconfort. Hope my answer helps. I actually believe piercings are not a very “beautiful” accesory, but with nowadays children you never know what beautiful means.

island princess says:

he is only 12 years old! wait until he is a teenager so he can decide if he wants one and where. if he does decide that he definitely wants one, then go for it. but 12 years old is waaaayy too young to decide
and as a parent you shouldnt decide for him

Zombiecore says:

Both of them hurt for insignificant amount of time, if you have a good piercer who knows what he/she is doing then it shouldn’t be really bad, depends on the person’s pain tolerance as well. Lip is less dangerous because if pierced tongue gets infected it might be pretty serious. Tongue hurts more after you get it pierced and it’s pretty hard to talk. If the piercing is treated good it shouldn’t cause any problem

Mike1ang, professional piercers don’t use anesthetics that you inject, they use spray or liquid ones that only affect the top layer of your skin. Anesthetic injection distorts the tissue, so it’s harder to make piercing not crooked. Plus they have to have a license to use anesthetic injection.