If your teenager suddenly says they want a tongue piercing, your first instinct might be to freak out a bit. But before you tell them no or roll your eyes, take a breath. It's worth understanding why ...

Despite the multiple risks associated with tongue piercings -- including infection, fractured teeth, blood loss, nerve damage, even death -- the practice remains a popular fashion statement. Now two ...

A MUM says she is prepared to keep her daughter out of school for up to six weeks over a row about tongue piercing. Kyomi Walsh, 15, was sent home by teachers at Hyde Technology College after she ...

Tongue piercing in Wales will be banned for under-18 year olds under the Public Health Bill Tongue piercings for under-18s are to be outlawed after a wide-ranging public health bill was passed in the ...

A schoolgirl has been banned from lessons, just weeks before sitting her GCSEs, after getting a tongue piercing. Megan McKnight, 15, was removed from her class after teachers at Folkestone Academy in ...

A Victorian tattoo artist and body piercer is urging people to be careful of "backyard" operators after a teenage girl came to his shop with a potentially serious tongue infection. A 13-year-old girl ...

Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips' daughter Zara Tindall is a force to be reckoned with in the equestrian world. Whilst the former Olympian is relishing her wholesome family life with her ...