NEW YORK -- With honor-roll students coming home with spikes in their tongues, rings in their lips and studs in their navels, body piercing has become a rite of passage for even the most mainstream ...

Dermal piercings are also known as single-point piercings. That’s because dermals don’t have a separate entry and exit point for jewelry, unlike traditional piercings. Share on Pinterest For a dermal ...

People have pierced their ears for thousands of years for ceremonial, cultural, religious, and decorative purposes. The oldest known example of ear piercing comes from “Ötzi the Iceman,” a man who ...

A conch piercing is a piercing in the inner part of the ear cartilage. Conch piercings can take 4–12 months to heal. During this time, it is essential to keep them clean, for instance, with saline ...