Overview
- Kim Kardashian and North West were photographed leaving a Beverly Hills medical building, and North’s finger jewelry was no longer visible, with no confirmed link between the visit and the piercing.
- Days earlier, videos on their shared TikTok and Instagram accounts showed the dermal piercing procedure on North’s finger and the resulting jewelry.
- Health sources and professional piercers say hand dermals pose elevated risks due to constant movement, trauma and bacterial exposure, with the potential for rejection or infection.
- Many reputable piercing studios refuse dermal or hand placements for minors and some decline to perform them even for adults, contributing to questions about where the procedure occurred.
- The posts prompted public criticism of allowing such a modification at age 12, while Kardashian has said she supports her daughter’s creative self‑expression.