Thinking about getting a body piercing? Who hasn't, right? Well, one thing to consider is that about 20 percent of the time there are complications from the procedure, such as infection or scarring, a ...
The body piercing procedure is relatively quick and simple. Body piercing artists, not medical providers, perform body piercing; therefore local anesthetic use is contraindicated. Anesthesia is not ...
Body piercing options are as vast as the personalities that walk into the shop, says James Tudela, body piercer and tattooist at Lots of Art Tattoo shop, Tamuning. Bilateral ear lobe piercings, ...
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 ...
A new mother recently found herself pausing before scheduling an ear piercing appointment, suddenly uncertain about a decision that would have felt simple just months earlier. The question of whether ...
It is important to be aware of who is performing body piercings in the community and under what conditions (Armstrong, 1996). Many jurisdictions do not regulate body modification practices. Depending ...