Piercings and teenagers go hand-in-hand. Like clothes, makeup, and hairstyles, piercings offer teens a way to express themselves. If your teen has expressed interest in piercings, especially in ...

EL PASO, Texas - Erika Castillo has been talking about piercings all week. But what can be done when the piercings are no longer wanted? Some of the reasons people want to get their ear gear removed ...

MINNEAPOLIS -Nathan Janke, 28, said he believes he got his first ear piercing at about age 10. The then Fairmont youngster began ear "stretching" shortly thereafter. Now, his lobes hold decorative ...

Landon Rochat-Boeser has decided it's time to grow up. In about a week, the 24-year-old is going to have plastic surgery to repair the earlobes that he has spent 10 years stretching through the ...

When Daniel Bocchino was 16, he started stretching his ear lobes, expanding them until he had an inch-wide hole in each lobe. But by the time he was 19, he was so over the piercing trend known as ear ...

HIGH WYCOMBE, England - Liam Palmer says his dream is to serve in the British Army. But the military won't accept the 21-year old with gaping holes in his earlobes from ear piercings, followed by ...

WRAL contributor Amy Davis got her daughter's ears re-pierced at a tattoo parlor after a mall piercing disaster. When my now sixth grader was in first grade and turning seven, she decided she wanted ...

The Magazine's recent article on ear stretching prompted many emails. Here are 10 of your stories. Stretched ear lobes are becoming an increasingly common sight. From pop stars to people in the street ...

“I’m going to come out and say it. My earlobes sag and it just gets worse when I put earrings in, so I don’t wear them. But I keep seeing women — grown-up women, around my age, I’m in my 50s — with ...