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 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Ear gauging is a trend that involves stretching an ear piercing to accommodate a large plug, sometimes a half inch or wider. While it is popular with teens, some are realizing that ...

Getting your ears gauged can be a tricky business. Over time, you’re basically stretching the pierced hole in your lobe to a desired size. Thus, there are certain things to know if you get your ears ...

Stretched ear lobes are becoming an increasingly common sight in the street. But why has creating a large hole in the ear lobe started to appeal to more and more people? Ear stretching goes back a ...

The county's police force is asking people whether or not officers should be allowed to wear ear stretchers. Ear stretching is when people use thicker piercings than normal to stretch their ear lob to ...

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 ...

Earrings can be a beautiful, bright addition to any outfit—but they can also be quite heavy. And if you regularly wear heavy earrings, over time they can potentially do some gnarly things to your ...