text: 18 is the legal minimum age, unless your mom or dad wants to take you to a plastic surgeon.\n\nIt doesn't hurt, it doesn't destroy your sense of taste, and food doesn't really get stick in it either (aside from an occaional spaghetti noodle, if you like vassal rings.)\n\nI have had mine peirced for the last 3 and a half years, and I still love it.