Belly button piercings are a popular way to modify your body and show off your personal style, but they come with the risk of infection. Infected belly button piercings can be painful, unsightly, and ...

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While nose piercings are commonplace, getting one comes with the risk of infection, especially when the piercing is new and still healing. It's important that you treat an infected nose piercing as ...

Whether it's a nose ring, an earlobe piercing or even a belly button piercing, the options are endless. However, with the excitement of getting a new piercing comes the risk of infections. Infections ...

Infections, scarring and hepatitis B and C are just some of the health problems caused by body piercing. Laurence Monneret/The Image Bank via Getty Images Throughout history, body piercing has been a ...

After years of contemplating whether or not the trendy body jewellery was right for you, you finally took the plunge and got a nipple piercing. But you've noticed a few red flags since then: The area ...

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Nonmedical body piercings, like ear piercings, often lead to bacterial infections, with 10%-30% of new sites developing infections. Bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Streptococcus ...

This common question might be met with mixed feelings from parents. When we were kids, getting our ears pierced was something of a game of chance: infections were common and best practices weren’t ...

Throughout history, body piercing has been a symbol of beauty, sexuality, ritual initiation and rites of passage. Mayan royalty had their tongues and genitals pierced; during the Victorian era, many ...