BOISE -- There's debate over how old a child should be when they get their ears pierced, where the procedure should be done, what tools are used, and just how safe it really is. "Back in the old days, ...

Getting your ears pierced is usually just a quick little pinch, and then you're done. Yet sitting in a chair and waiting for a stranger to put a piercing gun to your ear lobe can be scary—especially ...

Kim and Kanye had it done. So did Giselle and Tom Brady, and Matthew McConaughey and his wife Vida Alves. STORY: The Worst Parenting Mistakes Seen on TV These celebrity couples, along with millions of ...

My 6-year-old said she wanted to get her ears pierced. My husband and I had let our kids decided whether they would get ear piercings and when. We took her to a professional piercer, and it was a ...

Parents itching to pierce their kids’ ears might want to put down the needle — a growing body of research suggests the popular practice could cost more than just a few tears. “Delay ear piercings in ...

In the four decades Claire's has been in business, the accessories chain has pierced more than 100 million ears around the world. Given the store’s target demographic, it’s safe to say that a large ...

There's almost too much information out there about piercing your child's ears. If you can avoid one thing, though, avoid getting them pierced with a gun, which is most commonly used at stores in the ...

WHEATLAND, N.D. - When Shelby Quinn had girls, she knew she would eventually have their ears pierced. “It is kind of a given, socially, that girls have their ears pierced,” she said. She wasn’t as ...

Google the term “mistake with kids’ ear piercing” and you’ll find post after post about a child’s ears being pierced unevenly. Look closer and you’ll likely find that most of those ear piercings were ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A surgeon at Children’s Hospital Colorado reportedly offered to throw in an unexpected treat for a little girl during an outpatient operation: an ear ...