I wanted to bring up something I thought about today.  Obviously we all love getting pierced.  Do you plan on making this way of life a permanent staple, or are you doing this for the moment and plan to hang it up when you get older?

The reason I ask is because I work with quite a few older people *In their 40s - 50s*, and they have this attitude like my piercings are a thing for the young.  3 of them admire my piercings and have told me "if they were young like me, they'd want to do the same thing"  *as in, get pierced*.  They seem worried about what their families and peers would think if they did get pierced and whatnot.

In a way it depresses me.  I, for one, do not want to remove all my piercings and hang it up on the shelf as soon as I get "too old."  I love it, and I want to stay pierced for as long as I possibly can.  I simply don't want to quit living life the way I enjoy it when I hit my middle ages. 

I was just curious if anyone else ever thought about this sort of thing in the long term, and where do you think your opinion on staying pierced will be in 20 - 30 yrs down the road?

I don't see myself 'growing out of it', and I can't imagine myself without my piercings...they're definitely not a temporary or 'just for young people' thing to me.

i've pierced a 52 year old woman's VCH. i've pierced a 72 year old man's nipples at 6g and stretched his ears to 2g. i dont think age has much to do with it.

pretty sure I'll have em when i get old, hopefully much more done by than!

i would love to keep my piercings the rest of my life. the only problem is i want to be in law enforcement and they wouldn't be allowed. i'm hoping that i would be able to keep a clear retainer in my tongue to at least keep that piercing. right now if i have to remove any of my piercings i would get them repierced once i retire (being in law enforcement i could retire in 20 years if i get it)