persuaded conversation

 I recently had a discussion about whether or not a person should or should  not get a piercing.  They wanted their dimples pierced and I believe it is not the safest thing to do, But they are very persistent about it.  I told them to do extensive research on it.  They are uninformed audience because they do not know the risk factors of the piercing.  I basically scared them into not doing it.  That was the reasoning I used for them, basically scaring the crap out of them.  The results are that they listened to what I had to say about the negatives of it, and they decided not to do it after all.