What Is a Conch Piercing? A conch piercing is an upper ear cartilage piercing that is done in either the upper or lower concha of your ear. Concha is the scientific name for the inner, cup-like part ...

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 ...

When I was a little girl, getting my ears pierced was a big deal. I remember asking (OK, begging) my mom for years until she finally decided I was old enough to take care of my piercings on my own.

These days, seldom does a piercing trend stick around for longer than a few weeks before a neologism replaces the one before ...

These days, there are so many areas of the ear suitable for trendy piercings that choosing where to get your next (or first!) one can be a big task. Your cartilage consists of several areas — 12, to ...

One of the coolest trends to emerge in the past decade is without a doubt curated ear constellations. Whether your stack is pre-planned with the help of a professional or pierced piecemeal over ...

Kimberly Hinojosa, a piercer at Lark Tattoo in Westbury, recently pierced the ears of a 7-year-old girl and then gave her father his first piercing the same day — in his eyebrow. “Piercings are for ...

This may seem like an arbitrary list but it’s not: malls, tattoo parlors, Claire’s, jewelry stores, pediatrician’s offices, or friends’ homes. These are the most common places where people get pierced ...

Four years ago, the then-34-year-old Studs founder Anna Harman wanted to get a second lobe ear piercing. “She, in her words, just wanted to feel young again and do something cool,” her friend and ...