According to Kansas law, you cannot get a piercing or tattoo under the age of 18 without a parent or guardian’s consent, and ...

To provide safe and effective care for patients with body piercings, nurses must become more knowledgeable about this increasingly common practice. Competent nursing care is more than simply ...

Munro, personal communication ... The offending object, in this case the piercing hardware, is walled off from the body with necrotic tissue. The hardware is then pushed out of the body laterally.