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

Getting a new piercing feels exciting for about five minutes. After that comes the checking. Is it too red. Why does it feel ...

Hypertrophic piercing bumps and keloid scars can look similar. However, there are various ways to differentiate them. Skin changes can occur at the site of piercings. Knowing how to tell the ...

“Isabella” is such a pretty and unsuspecting name for a piercing that can do some major damage to your clitoris and permanently affect your sexual function. An Isabella piercing is a deep clitoral ...

Medically reviewed by Arno Kroner, DAOMKey TakeawaysSome people say daith piercings help with migraine relief, but there's ...

The body may reject a piercing, slowly pushing it out of the skin. This occurs when the immune system identifies the piercing object as foreign and seeks to remove it. The process of pushing a foreign ...

Infection occurs when bacteria become trapped inside the piercing. Tongue piercings — especially new ones — are more prone to infections than other piercings because of all the bacteria in your mouth.