Archaeologists have unearthed evidence that ear piercing dates back 6,000 years or more in Mesopotamia, pre-Colombian Meso-America, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China and Mexico. While the custom may be ...

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 ...

Aside from tattoos, getting body piercings is one of the ways people express their individuality. Most people start with the ears, but there is more to it than the usual lobe piercings for regular ...

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 ...