In every culture, in every era, people have modified their bodies. Corsets. Jewelry. Makeup. Hair dye. Tattoos. You name it, people have done it in the name of beauty, and even more to the point, in ...

From nipple rings to cartilage piercings, welcome the rise of thirst body jewelry. Then there is Gossip Girl’s resident “Sk8r Boi,” Aki Menzies (Evan Mock), who wears a gold cartilage earring ...

Ear piercings can be accomplished at multiple sites of the lobe and pinna. Cartilaginous piercings have the tendency to heal more slowly, and to develop more complications than simple lobe piercings ...

>As local body piercer John Kid describes his work, he flips through a thick binder showcasing hundreds of pictures of nearly every type of body piercing and tattoo imaginable. While pointing to an ...

Young women are much more likely to go for a belly-button or tongue stud, while men opt more often for tribal tats on the biceps or back in what has become a coming-of-age ritual visit to the tattoo ...

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) - A Wyoming man underwent body piercings for nearly five hours in an effort to become the new record holder. Ed Bruns was out to get 1,501 piercings Sunday and break the previous ...

Dear Abby: My sister and I have no interest in body piercing (except our ears), but we have seen it on friends and are not impressed. However, our 44-year-old mom got Our parents are divorced and Mom ...

If teen trends lose their edge when adults find out about them, then this week may bring a sign that tattoos have finally gone mainstream. The American Academy of Pediatrics issued its first-ever ...

Then there is Gossip Girl’s resident “Sk8r Boi,” Aki Menzies (Evan Mock), who wears a gold cartilage earring alongside his pink buzzcut. The hairstyle alone is a departure from the pretty boy look ...