People have pierced their ears for thousands of years for ceremonial, cultural, religious, and decorative purposes. The oldest known example of ear piercing comes from “Ötzi the Iceman,” a man who ...

A snug piercing is a horizontal ear piercing located along the cartilage between the mid-helix (outer ear ridge) and the ...

POV: You finally got that cartilage piercing you’ve been thinking about. You picked out the perfect starter stud (but have big plans to level-up to a hoop when the ...

While getting your ears pierced is pretty safe, there's still a chance that your piercings could become infected. An ear piercing is a fresh wound that needs to be treated as such. This means keeping ...

There are a ton of different ways to pierce and accessorize your ears. INSIDER put together a basic guide to some of the most common ear piercings you can get. Piercings on the earlobe, for example, ...

Piercings, like tattoos or a good outfit, can tell a story. If you're someone who bucks tradition, you may have something like "angel bites" or "dahlia" piercings. Should you fall into the opposite ...

There is no such thing as too many earrings — but there is a practical problem of not having enough piercings to showcase your curation all at once. The solution? Get a curated and chic stack of holes ...