If your teenager suddenly says they want a tongue piercing, your first instinct might be to freak out a bit. But before you tell them no or roll your eyes, take a breath. It's worth understanding why ...

These days, it's not uncommon to come across people who have modified their bodies in one way or another. There are people who prefer to do something simple like getting a helix ear piercing and there ...

As a young woman in art school — at the exploratory age of 20 — there were two things I wanted above all else: To have a kitten and to get a tongue piercing. I wanted a kitten because I had been ...

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 ...

NEW YORK CITY – Mutilation. It’s all the rage — for middle-schoolers. Six girls, some in braces, lined up in front of a storefront on St. Marks Place after school this week. St. Marks is the ...

You’re near death. Tongue hanging out. Saliva dripping to the floor. Too much to drink? Rat poison? How about Ludwig’s Angina? Your tongue swells to the point that it blocks off your ...

Kai Schreiber, the teenage daughter of Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, just took to social media to show off her latest bling ...