Question: My 15-year-old daughter has started stretching her earlobes. Are there any risks to doing this? Will they go back to normal? Does this have a meaning in the teenage world that I should know ...

In Seattle, one can't help noticing the number of people with ear gauges increasing. I realize that this practice must bring the lobe-stretchers some degree of pleasure, and I'm willing to hear the ...

While tattooing may seem like the only permanent transformation a person can make to his or her body, some choose to adorn their bodies with ear gauges, which can stretch the pierced holes in a person ...

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HIGH WYCOMBE, England - Liam Palmer says his dream is to serve in the British Army. But the military won't accept the 21-year old with gaping holes in his earlobes from ear piercings, followed by ...