When I was a little girl, getting my ears pierced was a big deal. I remember asking (OK, begging) my mom for years until she finally decided I was old enough to take care of my piercings on my own.

While getting your ears pierced is pretty safe, there's still a chance that your piercings could become infected. An ear piercing is a fresh wound that needs to be treated as such. This means keeping ...

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 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 ...

Having a needle go through your ear sounds, well, like it doesn't feel great. But, of course, rocking curated stacks of earrings is on trend these days... which calls for multiple piercings. To see if ...

I've always known I'd be heavily pierced. I remember seeing scene queens on MySpace and Tumblr with fun earring styles and placements that were far from basic, and knowing I had to be that girl when I ...

No matter your child’s age, piercing their ears is a personal decision. Most important is ensuring it’s done in a safe and clean environment. In various cultures, ear piercing is done as young as days ...

It’s best to clean a piercing by gently dabbing a cotton swab soaked in a salt solution. Avoid cleaning with fragrant soaps. Before you start, wash your hands and avoid touching surfaces that may have ...

There is no such thing as too many earrings — but there is a practical problem of not having enough piercings to showcase your curation all at once. The solution? Get a curated and chic stack of holes ...