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 ...

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" ...

A snug piercing is a horizontal ear piercing located along the cartilage between the mid-helix (outer ear ridge) and the inner conch. Snug piercings can be especially painful and may not suit every ...

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

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 ...

Piercing your ears is a tradition, a rite of passage for many children. But parents shoulder more of the responsibility when it comes to piercing the ears of infants. Claire’s and the Piercing Pagoda, ...

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, ...

Kelly Stafford says ear piercing has been a "battle" in her household, because she's not ready for her four young daughters to have it done. Stafford — who has twins Chandler and Sawyer, 5, Hunter, 3, ...

Perichondritis is an infection that occurs in the tissue of the cartilage located in your outer ear, which is called the auricle or pinna. The infection itself is sometimes referred to as auricular ...