Unprofessional, trashy, a marker of low self-esteem -- these are just a few words that I've heard used to describe my many piercings. While our society is fortunately moving toward eliminating that ...

As a teenager, the coolest thing you could do was to get your belly button pierced. Unfortunately, with a strict Zambian mother, I was forced to skip that edgy phase, and more than a decade on, I find ...

"Over time, the piercing occasionally got snagged on washcloths and lace tops and would briefly bleed and swell," says Jasmine, admitting that nothing else really concerned her about living with her ...