People with tongue and lip piercings should remove them to protect their teeth and gums from further damage." It is estimated that approximately 5% of young adults have oral piercings with the ...

Tongue jewelry may be today’s fashion statement, but those wearing it could end up with dentures down the line. A new study suggests that people who have tongue piercings are more likely to have ...

After World War II, tongue, nipple and genital piercings occurred in Germany. Today, body piercing remains common in tribal societies throughout Africa, Asia and South America.

The tongue is susceptible to all the normal health risks from piercing, but since it remains surrounded by fluid, contains two main nerves and houses the taste buds, extra care should be taken.

The tongue piercing initiative is being run by the Northwestern University School of Medicine and they pierced the tongue of Martin Mireles, a former church youth leader who got shot in the neck.

The life-and-death battle Lacey Filosa faced is just one example of the serious complications that sometimes can result from piercings. Two other examples were reported nationally in October 2006.

You can always change your mind about a tongue piercing. Once the jewelry is removed, the hole closes up in 48 hours. Seventeen-year-old Winnie Kao goes by the name Buffy.

NEW YORK CITY – Mutilation. It’s all the rage — for middle-schoolers. Six girls, some in braces, lined up in front of a storefront on St. Marks Place after school this week. St. Marks is the ...

Tongue Drive System uses ... use piercing to ... tetraplegia patients from rehabilitation centers in Chicago and Atlanta and 23 able-bodied volunteers who already wore tongue jewelry. ...

Why one piercing clinic is refusing to give customers ‘Snake Eyes’ With any form of body modification, there are risks. But one clinic in the New York says there is one piercing it refuses to do.

Walter and his colleagues analyzed eight studies that included 408 people with a combined 236 lip piercings and 236 tongue piercings. In all, 1 in 5 had more than one oral piercing.