A tragus piercing doesn't hurt much more than other cartilage piercings and you can expect to pay about $40 to $120.

People have pierced their ears for thousands of years for ceremonial, cultural, religious, and decorative purposes. The oldest known example of ear piercing comes from “Ötzi the Iceman,” a man who ...

Feb. 24 -- It's been done for centuries and few would consider it a medical procedure. But in some cases a routine piercing of the ear can result in some seriously unpleasant consequences. Case in ...

A cartilage piercing is a type of body modification in which you have a decorative hole in one of the cartilage-filled parts of your body. A piercing of your nose or the stiff upper part of your ears ...

Ear cartilage piercing is inherently more risky than lobe piercing, according to a report in the February 25 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that looks at an outbreak ...

Helix piercings are more prone to infection than most other types of piercings, but you can avoid infection by following the ...

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Dear Doctor: My boyfriend let a friend of his pierce his earlobe and cartilage, and both places got infected. He says things will get better on their own, but I’m worried. What should he be doing?

Ariana Madix is making us want a new ear piercing: The Vanderpump Rules bartender just added a couple dainty new earrings to her cartilage and she is "obsessed" with the end result. And Ariana is ...

I change my lobe earrings every day, and sometimes, I still find myself getting bored and wanting to take it up a notch. That’s probably why, after years of agonizing, I finally took the plunge and ...