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 ...

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 ...

Harvard Square piercer Owen Beane is a legend among families for his kind demeanor and commitment to consent. Soon, he’ll open a new shop. In 1996, my friend Vicky and I took the T to Harvard Square ...

Ear piercing is very common, and many people often forget the medical aspect of it all. According to Just Kids Pediatrics (JKP), ear piercings have the potential to cause infection and should be ...

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 ...

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 ears pierced for the first time is such a pivotal moment in one's life. Most of us can remember going to Claire's or a stand at the mall with our parents for the special event and then ...

Kimberly Hinojosa, a piercer at Lark Tattoo in Westbury, recently pierced the ears of a 7-year-old girl and then gave her father his first piercing the same day — in his eyebrow. “Piercings are for ...