When thinking about gauged ear piercings, you might conjure up images of alternative folks who are members of a musical subculture, like pop punk fans. Unless you're interested in getting your ear ...

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 ...

Ear gauging involves not just piercing the earlobe, but also stretching the small hole, making it larger and larger. In his mid-teens, D.J. Della Pia, age 19, noticed a body piercing that caught his ...

While popular with teenagers and young adults, ear gauging is not something that you may want to have for the rest of your life. Ear gauging leaves a stretched hole in the ear from a half inch to much ...

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