With any new piercing, aftercare is key for preventing infection and scarring. According to experts, you don’t need a ton of products to keep your new bling clean and help support healing — in fact, ...

Like with tattoos, when it comes to getting piercings, choosing an area of your body where you want your jewelry to live is only half the battle. There are several areas on the ears — conch, rook, ...

A cartilage piercing is a type of body modification in which you have a decorative hole in one of the cartilage-filled parts of your body. A piercing of your nose or the stiff upper part of your ears ...

Before you schedule a rook piercing, there are some things you should know about this cartilage piercing. Its increasing popularity may be due to its use in constellation piercing. Constellation ...

So you've gotten a new piercing. But what do you do afterwards? It is a hole that's punctured through your skin, after all, so there is some healing involved. If you need pointers, Bustle reached out ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. I got my ears pierced for the first time when I was 10 years old and never looked back. It wasn't until ...

If you're a parent of a teen who wants a body piercing, it can be tough to know what to do. We turned to experts to find out: ...

Keloids are overgrowths of scar tissue that form at the site of skin injury. They’re a common side effect of piercings and some people are more prone to keloids than others. They’re harmless, but can ...

They say piercings, like tattoos, are addictive. That's something I can say for certain is true after my latest ear addition: a conch piercing. You'll most likely have seen conch piercings doing the ...

Researchers reviewed 19 studies on tongue piercings and found they carry significant oral health risks, including fractures, ...