National Piercing Day, celebrated annually on May 16, was founded in 2007 by now-shuttered website GoofyAuctions.com, which spread the popularity of the holiday through MySpace.

Personal adornment has been documented as far back as 12,000 years ago. But objects interpreted as piercings hadn’t been directly associated with body parts — until now.

June 27 (UPI) --International Body Piercing Day, celebrated annually on June 28, was founded to celebrate the birthday of Jim Ward, who opened the first professional piercing studio in 1978.The ...

As an artist who believes in self-expression, Sharon Kaufman likes body jewelry. Not only does this 42-year-old breast cancer survivor have her ear lobes pierced, but she wears earrings in the top ...