I would take it as a compliment in a weird way. Some people are against piercings and tattoos . They probably like you and think you're really pretty, but find the piercing distracting. I like it. I was a body piercer in my 20's and its one of my favorite piercings but for some people it reminds them of someone or something (like a cow/bull) and they just can't get past it.
I moved rural and people here have more of an emphasis on natural beauty. A woman with tattoos and piercings is not something they see everyday. Most of the time it comes with a negative connotation.
Do you though. I get that its about self expression and you like it.
Its not related but it sort of is. I grow a bush sometimes and people love it or hate it. People really try to go out of their way to tell me how to wear the hair on my body like I give a sh*t about what they want. Like some guy im going to see for 30 minutes or a hr is going to dictate what I do with my body. It happened once with a high paying client but he was so ignorant about it and I should have dropped him as a client right then and there because he went on to SA me. I considered it for a minute but decided against shaving it and im glad I did. For every one person that couldn't stand it, there were more that were happy that I had a bush.
Do what makes you happy though. If I started catering to everyone that didn't like something about me I wouldn't be authentic and I wouldn't be happy.