Kit Roberts
Kim Kardashian has had a brusque reply to criticism of her daughter getting an unusual piercing.
Piercings of different kinds are becoming more popular, with people getting in a whole variety of places on their body. It's not just ears, but nose piercings and septum piercings are more widespread, as well as lips or eyebrows.
But Kim Kardashian's daughter North West, 12, has seen some controversy after getting a piercing in a more unusual place than ears or even her nose.
However despite some fans sharing that they have been left horrified by the piercing, the reality had a short, two-word reply.
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In a video on TikTok, one fan shared how the new piercing was 'breaking my heart' after she saw it for the first time.
North West has her piercing on her finger, with a bar going through the skin just below the knuckle on her middle finger with a small silver ball on each end.
This is known as a 'dermal piercing' - a small piercing which is secured underneath the skin and which could theoretically be put on any part of the body.
According to Healthline, dermals carry a 'high risk of complications', including infection, scarring, displacement, rejection, tissue damage, and hypergranulation.
In the video, which has been viewed more than 694,000 times, the TikToker captioned it: "north west getting a finger piercing is breaking my heart, just me?"
There were plenty of people in the comments who seemed to agree with her.
One wrote how this was very different to just getting an ear piercing, commenting: "i get ear piercings but this is actually crazy."
Another worried how this decision might impact on North in the future.
"Everyone saying why - she’s literally 12 lol she’s a child and that’s a pretty permanent decision."
In an unusual development the TikTok account for Kim and North actually responded to the video with a simple two-word reply, in an apparent effort to put an end to the controversy.
They said simply: "it’s okay."
Others who were commenting on the video were also defending the piercing, as well as Kim Kardashian allowing her daughter to get such an unusual piercing.
"She wanted the peircing [sic] and Kim let her pls stop Kim’s just trying to let her kids expresss [sic] themselves," wrote one.
Another even accused people of being 'jealous' because their parents wouldn't let them get piercings.
"It’s such a non-issue," they wrote. "I’m starting to think ya’ll are just jealous your parents made you wait before getting piercings. Lol like literally what’s the problem."