Do all parents have trouble letting go?

[Zephyr of Darkness]

To make permanent changes like piercings

When are piercings permanent? You can remove them, it's tattoos that are permanent. After reading all this I'm not sure if my mom is cool, or a total loon. She encouraging me to get my ear pierced, I thinks it's so I won't grow my hair, and she took my sister to get a tattoo when she was 19.

You can remove piercings, but the tissue that has been pierced receives some damage that not always regenerates.
If it pierces skin, it can regenerate over time, like the ones in eyebrows. I said 'can', it not necessarily does.
If it pierces cartilage, the regeneration rate is minimal. It can't get back to what it was.
If it pierces muscle, like the ones in the tongue, the regeneration is null. So you'll have a PERMANENT scar in an unconfortable place like the tongue. Even if you don't wear a piercing anymore, the change is permanent.
Did I make myself clear?