If your teenager suddenly says they want a tongue piercing, your first instinct might be to freak out a bit. But before you ...

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 ...

BOWLING GREEN -- The most popular spot for an earring isn't the ear. Nowadays, it's the tongue. But that's also the riskiest place for a piercing if it isn't done right. News 11 has vital information ...

Other than that, it heals like getting a tongue piercing, and you need to keep it clean with sea salt soaks.” If Lanig ever decided to join his tongue back together, there is a surgical procedure that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

While metal tongue studs may have more flash than piercings made of plastic, a mouthful of steel also harbors more bacteria, researchers report in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Adolescent ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After seven years of "playing" with a tongue piercing by forcing it against her upper front teeth ...