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 ...

Piercing the ears of babies is a prevalent practice in many cultures worldwide. In Hispanic, Indian, and some African ...

My 6-year-old said she wanted to get her ears pierced. My husband and I had let our kids decided whether they would get ear piercings and when. We took her to a professional piercer, and it was a ...

You're sure it's time. After all, lots of girls get their ears pierced when they're only babies. And you're definitely not a baby. Here you are, with your earlobes completely hole-free and you can ...

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It takes planning and understanding to provide a successful and safe piercing procedure. These are important things to think about prior to get your ears pierced. Select a Trustworthy Piercing ...

Pretty much any part of your ear can be pierced, as long as jewellery can comfortably go through it. Here are all the different kinds of piercings you can get. A lobe piercing, or earlobe piercing, is ...

They got their ears pierced — and pierced holes in their pockets, too. New Yorkers are dropping thousands on ear stylists to hole up their lobes and bedazzle their auditory areas with baubles ...

She said piercing your baby’s ears increases their risk of infection and of developing an allergy. “Piercing your child’s ears when they’re infants can lead to bacterial infections ...

By Libby Banks In the mid-1990s, getting my ears pierced felt like a sizable check on my to-do list as a 14-year-old. But now there are 9-year-olds in my son’s class with more ear piercings than ...