For young adults looking for yet another place to pierce their bodies, the tongue is an increasingly popular spot. However, a recent study published in the March issue of the Journal of Periodontology ...

LONDON — People measure adulthood by an ever-shifting set of age limits for rights like driving, drinking, voting, having sex, marrying, or serving in the military. Add another to the list: How old ...

Dentists are warning against a popular trend among young adults: oral piercings and gems. The trend may pose serious damage to one's oral health, according to a commentary published in the Journal of ...

The teenager said the stabbing pains in her face felt like electrical shocks that lasted 10 to 30 seconds and struck 20 to 30 times a day. Her doctors diagnosed trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve disorder ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not long ago, “piercing” meant one hole per earlobe and only in women. Today, both women and men get pierced, and in addition to the ear, other body parts may be pierced for erotic enhancement: the ...

Cardi B is letting us all know that beauty is, in fact, pain. The "Bongos" singer took us along for the discomforting process of getting your tongue pierced, and let's just say we are more than okay ...