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Kim Kardashian is being criticized for daughter North West's apparent dermal piercing
Fans spotted the new piercing while the pair were out and about in Rome
"She's 12. Wtf is Kim doing?!" one Reddit user wrote
Kim Kardashian is coming under fire for North West's new piercing.
While the SKIMS founder and her 12-year-old daughter were recently vacationing in Rome, eagle-eyed fans spotted what appears to be a dermal piercing on North's middle finger. Also known as microdermal piercings or single-point piercings, dermal piercings lie flat against the skin and don't have a separate entry and exit point, per Byrdie.
In photos snapped on Aug. 23, Kardashian, 44, wore a black bodycon silk dress, while North wore a black corset, a skirt and knee-high boots. The tween's electric blue hair was styled in two ponytails that reached below her waist. In addition to her fresh piercing, she accessorized with a heart-shaped purse, glasses and lots of bracelets.
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North West and Kim KardashianIn a TikTok, posted on the mother-daughter duo's joint account, the pair showed off their outfits as they danced to Destroy Lonely's "If Looks Could Kill."
The fashion moment is coming under fire, with many fans saying that North is too young for a dermal piercing, which some say can be more painful and prone to infection than other types of piercings. One user called out the piercing in a Keeping Up With the Kardashians subreddit, prompting many to criticize Kardashian.
"She's 12. Wtf is Kim doing?!" one user wrote.
"Who the f--- lets their 12 year old have piercings? And who the f--- pierces a 12 year old? My kid didn’t even have her ears pierced at 12," said another.
Others expressed their concern about the healing process.
One user shared: "That makes me wince just looking at it???????? It must be so irritating! And in the perfect place to be infected all the time."
Said another: "That's going to be impossible to heal..."
Kardashian, who is also mom to Psalm, 6, Chicago, 7, and Saint, 9, has spoken about her oldest daughter being a "big critiquer" of her fashion looks.
While speaking with Vogue's correspondent Emma Chamberlain on the blue carpet at the 2025 Met Gala, Kardashian insinuated that her daughter was embodying the spirit of fashion icon Joan Rivers.
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North West's piercing"She's a big critiquer, but it's pretty good, you know, her critiquing," she said when Chamberlain asked her what North has taught her about fashion. "But you know just be yourself, right? She's ... also, I think, in a really positive place, like vibe, right now, where it's just like, 'Hey, even if that's not my style, I'm not going to critique that because just be you and if you like that then that's what you should be into.'"
"So, I love that energy, and so she was such a positive force tonight, like it was great," Kardashian concluded.
