BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Mark this one down as a parental nightmare. First, your child gets her tongue pierced. Then, as if you needed something else, she starts "playing" with the tiny barbell-shaped stud, ...

Mark this one down as a parental nightmare. First, your child gets her tongue pierced. Then, as if you needed something else, she starts “playing” with the tiny barbell-shaped stud, pushing it against ...

Doctors are warning that tongue piercings could lead to fatal infections, after a 22-year-old Israeli man died in hospital weeks after getting his tongue pierced. Although this is a rare case, oral ...

ELIZABETH JACKSON: Doctors are warning that tongue piercings could lead to fatal infections. The warning comes after a 22-year-old Israeli man died in hospital with several brain abscesses weeks after ...

A tongue piercing takes about six to eight weeks to heal. However, your healing time depends entirely on how you care for your new piercing. Call your doctor if you have signs of infection. Read on to ...

Tongue piercing was a ritual tradition of the Maya and the Aztecs, ancient and -- apparently -- gap-toothed peoples. Now the dental cause and effect has been established: Those who choose to pierce ...

Body piercing including oral sites is increasing in popularity in the Western world. Piercing of oral sites may lead to a number of complications some of which are life-threatening. Dentists should be ...

TONGUE rings are becoming increasingly popular in Jamaica. Some women opt to get a vertical piercing through the centre of the tongue (midline), while others choose a horizontal (snakeye), or even a ...

A student who had her tongue pierced ended up needing hospital treatment after it swelled so much she struggled to breathe. Amy Revell, 17, had developed a a huge blood-filled lump called a haematoma ...

Macroglossia happens when your tongue is enlarged or oversized. It’s also called a “big tongue” or “enlarged tongue.” Since the tongue is part of your digestive system, it’s considered to be a ...