Things that you expect to be floating: boats, shelves, possibly even alien spaceships. Your belly button piercing is not one of them, but it's actually a very common alternative to traditional belly ...

Like with tattoos, when it comes to getting piercings, choosing an area of your body where you want your jewelry to live is only half the battle. There are several areas on the ears — conch, rook, ...

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 ...

Chief piercing officer Brian Keith Thompson of Body Electric Tattoo, a parlor frequented by Beyonce and Rihanna, on everything you need to know before your next appointment. (Except explaining your ...

Regardless of if it’s something you’ve had planned for months or a spur-of-the-moment decision on a Friday night – getting a new piercing is just straight-up exciting. But like anything else in the ...

Body piercing does not appear to be a trend that could end anytime soon. All the shops on this list have been in operation for years and no doubt will be serving the Philadelphia area for years to ...

Tattoos and facial piercings are taboo in the workplace, right? Not so fast. Conventional wisdom is starting to shift. As body modifications become more mainstream and the competition for top talent ...