This year, we took our 6-year-old to get her ears pierced. My husband and I agreed early on ear piercings were an important part of bodily autonomy and would be the determination of our children. If ...

Ear Piercing in Kids: Ear piercing is a common tradition for children in India. However, there is a right age for it. Getting a child's ears pierced too early can lead to serious complications. In ...

One hour, a few Steri-Strips, and, eventually, a brand new piercing.

Maybe I’m just a 29-year-old teenager, but an ear covered in piercings is still very much my goal in life. It also happens that the earring stack trend hasn’t gone away; it’s only gotten bigger, with ...

When you become a parent, you're immediately bombarded with decisions regarding your baby's well-being. Will you use cloth diapers or disposable? Will you co-sleep or put your baby in a crib? Will you ...

The tight-knit members of the LaBrant family follow a baby girl’s first-time ear piercing with adorable reactions.

Delaying ear piercing until the pre-teen years or later may increase a person's chances of developing keloids - raised, fibrous scar tissue. Among a small group of patients with keloids that developed ...

Parents — you might want to be all ears for this. Dr. Tania Elliott, a board-certified physician and mom of two from New York, is warning people not to pierce their babies’ ears. Elliott is a health ...

From embedded jewellery to scarring and infections, some in the industry want at-home kits banned.

The Today co-anchor shared the sweet moment his family got their ears pierced together as a birthday gift to his daughter Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined ...

"I’m so thrilled by them, I can’t believe it never occurred to me to do this," the actress said of her piercings Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Boundaries and consent are two very important things. But, what happens when someone is too young to enforce them? One set of parents thought they had explained boundaries for their child thoroughly, ...