Sumanda M. would love to get her 5-month-old baby girl's ears pierced, yet she's received conflicting advice on when to do it. "My friend said to have it done at 6 months because she will be too small ...

CHICAGO - Piercing the upper ear sometimes results in hard-to-treat infections that can lead to permanent disfigurement, according to a study of an Oregon outbreak. Seven youngsters ages 10 to 19 ...

Columbia resident Shannon West, wearing a silver stud in her ear and a tiny rhinestone in her nose, is familiar with body piercings. So when a recent ear piercing — one of five — began to swell and ...

SARTELL — For many Millennials, their first ear piercings were a memorable, coming-of-age tween moment at the local mall's discount jewelry story. For older generations, there's the scene in "Grease" ...

BOISE -- There's debate over how old a child should be when they get their ears pierced, where the procedure should be done, what tools are used, and just how safe it really is. "Back in the old days, ...

You probably don't associate your ears with odor. Unlike your armpits, they're not typically the first thing you think to ...

WRAL contributor Amy Davis got her daughter's ears re-pierced at a tattoo parlor after a mall piercing disaster. When my now sixth grader was in first grade and turning seven, she decided she wanted ...

A Guernsey Deputy says the legal age limit for body piercing should be lowered as she had seen a rising number of young people piercing their own bodies.

A petition to ban parents in the U.K. from piercing their child’s ears has gathered more than 36,000 signatures and generated a heated stream of comments from parents across the globe. The movement, ...