Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Janeese Brooks is the head of piercing at Stone and Strand. She frequently runs the Piercings Y’all pop-up events and is based in ...

Maybe I’m just a 29-year-old teenager, but an ear covered in piercings is still very much my goal in life. It also happens that the earring stack trend hasn’t gone away; it’s only gotten bigger, with ...

A timeless take on cool. Reviewed by Julia A. Siegel, MD Double ear piercings typically take six to eight weeks to heal and require careful aftercare to avoid infection. Piercings on the earlobe are ...

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In a recent study, Ph.D. candidate Yasmine Flynn-Arajdal studied iconographic representations of children in the Classic (ca. 250–950 AD) and Post-classic (ca. 950–1539 AD) imagery, as well as in ...

From ear piercings to copper vessels and walking barefoot, many Indian traditions have scientific explanations alongside ...

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 ...

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 ...

From embedded jewellery to scarring and infections, some in the industry want at-home kits banned.

Ah, the classic, standard lobe piercing. Stone and Strand head of piercing Janeese Brooks says, "We all know and love a good lobe piercing. I encourage these constantly. The easiest part of the ear to ...