In every culture, in every era, people have modified their bodies. Corsets. Jewelry. Makeup. Hair dye. Tattoos. You name it, people have done it in the name of beauty, and even more to the point, in ...

From nipple rings to cartilage piercings, welcome the rise of thirst body jewelry. Then there is Gossip Girl’s resident “Sk8r Boi,” Aki Menzies (Evan Mock), who wears a gold cartilage earring ...

Ear piercings can be accomplished at multiple sites of the lobe and pinna. Cartilaginous piercings have the tendency to heal more slowly, and to develop more complications than simple lobe piercings ...

Tattoos and belly piercings are like kindergarten when compared to the latest crazes in body modifications. From silicone implants and hydrogel injections — often referred to as booty shots and butt ...

>As local body piercer John Kid describes his work, he flips through a thick binder showcasing hundreds of pictures of nearly every type of body piercing and tattoo imaginable. While pointing to an ...

Young women are much more likely to go for a belly-button or tongue stud, while men opt more often for tribal tats on the biceps or back in what has become a coming-of-age ritual visit to the tattoo ...

When Evan M. Tomkiewicz, MD, interviewed for medical school, he wore a business suit that covered the colorful lattice tattoo on his shoulder that wraps around to artwork on his neck. In his second ...

Body piercing has been around for centuries. It is used by all cultures to call attention to the individual. In most cultures, it is women that are more likely to have piercings than men. The most ...

When Kim Kardashian and her 12-year-old daughter were spotted in Rome recently, the masses zeroed in on the dermal piercing North West had in her middle finger. Not only were parents in an uproar ...

The current poster boy for men with nose piercings follows in the dashing footsteps of Tupac Shakur and Lenny Kravitz, the few male celebrities bold enough to get a nose piercing. But the risk (and ...

Then there is Gossip Girl’s resident “Sk8r Boi,” Aki Menzies (Evan Mock), who wears a gold cartilage earring alongside his pink buzzcut. The hairstyle alone is a departure from the pretty boy look ...