Lobe piercings usually take around four to six months to heal, while cartilage piercings can take anywhere from eight months ...

Cardi B and North West both had surface piercings that took the world by storm in 2025. Is this a budding trend for 2026?

Wondering which ear piercings hurt more than others? Ahead, our beauty writer who has over 40 piercings shares the seven she thought were most painful, complete with insights from a piercer and a ...

“Isabella” is such a pretty and unsuspecting name for a piercing that can do some major damage to your clitoris and permanently affect your sexual function. An Isabella piercing is a deep clitoral ...

Hypertrophic piercing bumps and keloid scars can look similar. However, there are various ways to differentiate them. Skin changes can occur at the site of piercings. Knowing how to tell the ...

Want to add to – or start – your growing ear stack? Look no further than a helix piercing. But before you go under the needle, it's worth brushing up on all you need to know about this specific ear ...

You can develop bumps and scars from a piercing. Treatment can depend on the cause but may include regularly cleaning the piercing site and jewelry and using jewelry made of certain materials.

What Is a Daith Piercing? Daith piercings are a puncture through the tough, innermost fold of cartilage at the entrance of your ear canal. It’s a small, curved piece of flesh, and it’s difficult to ...

Hankering after a new piercing to add to your collection? We know the feeling. And we're blaming Florence Pugh for our latest craving: a septum piercing. Whether you've run out of room for more ear ...

The body may reject a piercing, slowly pushing it out of the skin. This occurs when the immune system identifies the piercing object as foreign and seeks to remove it. The process of pushing a foreign ...

Studs co-founder and CEO Anna Harman has spent the past decade building and scaling consumer businesses at the intersection ...

A nose piercing bump can be caused by a keloid, a granuloma, tissue damage, and more. An allergy to the metal in your piercing, especially nickel or cobalt, can also cause a bump. A granuloma will go ...