A new mother recently found herself pausing before scheduling an ear piercing appointment, suddenly uncertain about a decision that would have felt simple just months earlier. The question of whether ...

The range of ear piercings goes far beyond what most people expect. Some sit in soft tissue and heal quickly, others pass through thick cartilage and demand patience, and each comes with its own look, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

I got customized ear piercings at Lulus, a shop in California that offers this unique service. In the consultation, the staff gave me jewelry and piercing suggestions for one of my ears. Though the ...

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 ...

As with any other type of body art, deciding where to get a new piercing can be tricky. There is the classic ear piercing on your lobe, and then there is the always popular cartilage area. If you are ...

Four years ago, the then-34-year-old Studs founder Anna Harman wanted to get a second lobe ear piercing. “She, in her words, just wanted to feel young again and do something cool,” her friend and ...

Kimberly Hinojosa, a piercer at Lark Tattoo in Westbury, recently pierced the ears of a 7-year-old girl and then gave her father his first piercing the same day — in his eyebrow. “Piercings are for ...