Actress Hilary Duff sounded off on Instagram this week, alerting followers that she was ready for any backlash associated with her having her 7-month-old baby’s ears pierced. "Yes! I pierced her ears ...

In the four decades Claire's has been in business, the accessories chain has pierced more than 100 million ears around the world. Given the store’s target demographic, it’s safe to say that a large ...

Getting your ears pierced is usually just a quick little pinch, and then you're done. Yet sitting in a chair and waiting for a stranger to put a piercing gun to your ear lobe can be scary—especially ...

SARTELL — For many Millennials, their first ear piercings were a memorable, coming-of-age tween moment at the local mall's discount jewelry story. For older generations, there's the scene in "Grease" ...

WRAL contributor Amy Davis got her daughter's ears re-pierced at a tattoo parlor after a mall piercing disaster. When my now sixth grader was in first grade and turning seven, she decided she wanted ...

The decision to pierce a child’s ears is often framed as a rite of passage. But where that piercing happens — at a mall kiosk versus a professional studio — may determine not just the beauty of the ...

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 ...

Parents itching to pierce their kids’ ears might want to put down the needle — a growing body of research suggests the popular practice could cost more than just a few tears. “Delay ear piercings in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A surgeon at Children’s Hospital Colorado reportedly offered to throw in an unexpected treat for a little girl during an outpatient operation: an ear ...

There are thousands, perhaps millions, of people across Canada whose ears are pierced because they sat in a chair at Claire’s, nervously clinging to their best friend, parent, guardian, or a lucky ...