Tongue piercing can cause horrific health complications, experts warn today. The fashion craze - made popular by the likes of singer Mel B and the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, who later ...

In a patient with poor oral hygiene or poorly fitted hardware, there is risk of gingival irritation, erosion, or infection (ADA, 2002). Tongue piercings are maintained with straight barbells ...

Medically reviewed by Benjamin F. Asher, MDMedically reviewed by Benjamin F. Asher, MD An infected ear piercing is unlikely, ...

Tongue piercings as still a thing and if you're ... First, there is the problem of developing a bacterial infection on a fresh piercing but, you can avoid that by maintaining hygiene.

Ear piercings are prone to bacterial infections, especially if you constantly fiddle with them or your piercer doesn't sterilize their equipment before use. It's important to get pierced by a ...

Most oral piercings take between two and eight weeks to heal, hence there is a high possibility of an infection. Brain abscess (pus filling) due to tongue infection may also be a possibility due ...

which puts this piercing at risk for infection. This article will tell you how to spot an infected belly button piercing and ...

But experts said it came with the risk of significant blood loss, infection, nerve damage and problems with breathing and swallowing. They also warned that tongue and lip piercings carry serious ...

Belly button piercings are a popular way to modify your body and show off your personal style, but they come with the risk of infection. Infected belly button piercings can be painful, unsightly ...

Conch piercings are more likely to become infected than earlobe piercings, so they need special care and extra healing time. Small hoops are popular jewelry choices for outer conch piercings.

Infected blood victims could each receive payments of more than £2 million under a compensation scheme announced by the government. Ministers set out the figures as they unveiled the proposed ...