Lobe piercings usually take around four to six months to heal, while cartilage piercings can take anywhere from eight months to a year, though they could take longer than that, says Teichman. Remember ...

Cardi B and North West both had surface piercings that took the world by storm in 2025. Is this a budding trend for 2026?

“Isabella” is such a pretty and unsuspecting name for a piercing that can do some major damage to your clitoris and permanently affect your sexual function. An Isabella piercing is a deep clitoral ...

A sternum piercing is a type of surface piercing that’s located on any point along the sternum (breastbone). Although sternum piercings are often placed vertically between the breasts, they may also ...

A cartilage piercing creates an open wound. As it heals, it may look swollen, lumpy, or like a bump. Over time, cartilage piercings may develop other bumps due to infections or scarring. In the days ...

The body may reject a piercing, slowly pushing it out of the skin. This occurs when the immune system identifies the piercing object as foreign and seeks to remove it. The process of pushing a foreign ...

The Board of Health recently held a hearing to discuss Christina Bowden’s application for a permit to perform body piercing ...

What Is a Daith Piercing? Daith piercings are a puncture through the tough, innermost fold of cartilage at the entrance of your ear canal. It’s a small, curved piece of flesh, and it’s difficult to ...

Want to add to – or start – your growing ear stack? Look no further than a helix piercing. But before you go under the needle, it's worth brushing up on all you need to know about this specific ear ...

Hankering after a new piercing to add to your collection? We know the feeling. And we're blaming Florence Pugh for our latest craving: a septum piercing. Whether you've run out of room for more ear ...

Studs co-founder and CEO Anna Harman has spent the past decade building and scaling consumer businesses at the intersection of operations, technology and omnichannel retail. In this Expert ...