North West is 12 years old and already has two dermal piercings on her fingers. It all started on a trip to Rome, when cameras caught the first one. Then came the second, confirmed by her herself on TikTok.
What seemed like a teenage whim set off a real medical alarm. Dermatologists like Mona Gohara explain that this type of piercing, anchored under the skin, carries an extremely high risk of infection, rejection, and permanent scarring 🩹 On the fingers, the danger increases: it is an area of constant movement, and several professional piercers say they would not even do it on an adult who asked for it.
Kim Kardashian came out to defend her daughter’s decision amid the wave of criticism: for her, “it is not a problem”. For a large part of the internet, it is.