BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Mark this one down as a parental nightmare. First, your child gets her tongue pierced. Then, as if you needed something else, she starts "playing" with the tiny barbell-shaped stud, ...

Body piercing is popular today in the United States and other western societies. But wearing a tongue stud puts people at risk for chipped teeth, recessed gums, and nerve damage, warns the Academy of ...

Doctors are warning that tongue piercings could lead to fatal infections, after a 22-year-old Israeli man died in hospital weeks after getting his tongue pierced. Although this is a rare case, oral ...

Body piercing including oral sites is increasing in popularity in the Western world. Piercing of oral sites may lead to a number of complications some of which are life-threatening. Dentists should be ...

A student who had her tongue pierced ended up needing hospital treatment after it swelled so much she struggled to breathe. Amy Revell, 17, had developed a a huge blood-filled lump called a haematoma ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After seven years of "playing" with a tongue piercing by forcing it against her upper front teeth ...