About 20 percent of body piercings result in bacterial infections, according to a paper published by Dr. Anne Laumann, chief of dermatology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in ...

Q: What are some of the risks to oral health from having a pierced tongue, lip or cheek? A: There are several risks associated with oral/perioral piercings such as swelling, infection, damage to the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Throughout history, body piercing has been a symbol of beauty, sexuality, ritual initiation and rites of passage. I am a physician specializing in dermatology. My colleagues and I ...

Once ubiquitous in every 90s teen movie, tongue rings still have an allure of ~mystery~ around them — especially if you were far too scared to get one (read: me). Thankfully Brian Skellie, medical ...

Piercing isn't just for ears anymore. With celebrities like Christina Aguilera and Serena Williams leading the way, it's becoming more and more common to pierce everything from navels to tongues. The ...

It's not uncommon these days to see people pierce their tongues and accessorized their teeth with gems and all sorts of jewellery to look good (and maybe cool?) but most times they end up creating ...

While metal tongue studs may have more flash than piercings made of plastic, a mouthful of steel also harbors more bacteria, researchers report in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Adolescent ...

You’re near death. Tongue hanging out. Saliva dripping to the floor. Too much to drink? Rat poison? How about Ludwig’s Angina? Your tongue swells to the point that it blocks off your ...

She was young and wild, a bit of a rebel. The 22-year-old woman's body art announced that message as subtly as a billboard on a highway. No stranger to illegal drugs, she had inhaled or injected the ...