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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

In a viral TikTok, with over 9 million views, a professional piercer recorded her niece’s reaction to getting her ears pierced for the first time Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Around one per cent of the complications are major leading to deformity of the ear. The most common complication is infection. Piercing the upper part of the ear leads to an increased risk of ...

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 ...

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 ...