Throughout history, body piercing has been a symbol of beauty, sexuality, ritual initiation and rites of passage. Mayan royalty had their tongues and genitals pierced; during the Victorian era, many ...

Faced with a mostly unregulated industry of tattooists and piercers, clinicians need to be on the lookout for infections and other complications. Tattooing is the indelible marking of the body using ...

When Kim Kardashian and her 12-year-old daughter were spotted in Rome recently, the masses zeroed in on the dermal piercing North West had in her middle finger. Not only were parents in an uproar ...

When Bella Ramos, 25, who identifies as nonbinary, had their eyebrow piercing develop complications a few months after getting it pierced for the first time, they decided to do more research into safe ...

Are you considering getting a new body piercing? Chances are that you're excited but at the same time a little scared. While some body piercings such as ear lobe piercings are fairly simple, others ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) Throughout history, body piercing has been a symbol of beauty, sexuality, ritual initiation and rites of passage. I am a physician specializing in dermatology. My colleagues and I ...