Answer: They do horrible ear piercings using a gun, including cartilage piercings, which would be illegal in the UK! (To pierce cartilage with a gun; god knows they're damaging enough just for ear lobes!) http://www.homiegfunk.com/gunssuck.htm If you like your body, don't get a gun piercing!Answer 2: Piercing Pagoda are located in malls throughout America. They do not do any body piercing at these locations.Some locations do ear piercing but you need to contact the location near you. You also need to bring an ID and be over 18.^^ True but you dont need to be 18 or have ID, only If you are under 18 you would need a parent or guardian with photo ID to sign a waver for the underaged person.
18 Gauge
Normal ear piercings are 18 gauge.
performed quickly and without anesthesia by either a spring-loaded ear-piercing gun or piercing needles, with the needle diameter varying from six to 18 gauge. The skin is cleaned, then the needle and jewelry are inserted through the tissue
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18-16 Gauge
It may be possible to get an ear piercing without a parent. However, any other piercing will have to wait until they are 18.
I believe that it is the same anywhere in the US. 16 with parent/guarding consent, 18 without it. That goes for any piercings, except ear lobes which can be done with a gun (the only piercing that is done with a gun). But you'll still need parental consent.
For a long gun you have to be 18. For a handgun you have to be 18.
The legal piercing age in Illinois is 18. As of early this summer a law was passed stating that no minor shall be pierced, even with the accompany of a parent. Though you may be pierced by a piercing gun at any age with a parent, although piercing guns are currently in the middle of being banned from Illinois due to the horror stories of the gun piercing. Make sure to stick with the needle and get a clean cut hole as opposed to traumatizing your ear with a blunt force. Dalighla - Artistic Mind Tattoos and Piercings (carbondale, Il)
It is normal for a lobe piercing to be 16 or 18 gauge... but it is normally 18. A 16 gauge is normally used for tragus piercings :)
You have to be 18 to buy a long gun and 21 to buy a hand gun.