Private piercings raising public alarm

We see them in ears, eyebrows, noses and tongues. They peek out provocatively from belly-baring shirts and cause us to wince when we encounter a bristling faceful at the local coffee shop. They’re body piercings, some visible, some not so much, and for the past few years they’ve been raising both eyebrows — and the occasional alarm.

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The day in pictures...pretty cool.

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Times are so tough for many Americans that they are willing to do anything to gain an advantage over their competition in the job market... including expensive, painful procedures to remove tattoos.

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TODAY contributor Dr. Judith Reichman talks about the changes women's bodies go through in their 40s.

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You would think that they would have better things to worry about. You would think that a kid with multiple facial piercings would be low on the priority list for school officials.

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A woman who marketed "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet has been charged with animal cruelty and conspiracy.

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Humane officers said a Pennsylvania woman marketed "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet. Officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County removed three kittens and a cat from a home outside Wilkes-Barre.

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JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — They cannot perform in public. They cannot pose for album cover photographs. Even their jam sessions are secret, for fear of offending the religious authorities in this ultraconservative kingdom.

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One in ten adults in England have had a piercing somewhere other than their ear lobe, with a quarter experiencing complications, and one in 100 piercings resulting in a hospital admission, according to a study published on bmj.com today.

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Tattoos: Body mods and the people who hate them

{Precursor: For those weak of heart, or just plain easily offended piss off now. Don't be an ass in the comments. You can't say I didn't warn you. }

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German pediatricians are pushing for a law banning tattooing and piercings for minors.

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Hamlin says when she told the woman she was wearing nipple piercings, the agent called over her male colleagues, who said she would have to remove the jewellery.

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Is your piercing worth your job? Kimberly Cloutier, a Costco employee, faced that question when her manager told her she must remove her earrings and her eyebrow piercing if she wanted to continue working for Costco.

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TEENAGERS will be banned from getting intimate body piercings under tough new laws being pushed by the State Government.

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Lizard man!Tattoos and piercings have become more popular in recent years in the United States. One man in Texas has gone to the extreme: and has become a one-man freak show.

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The title says it all. The top ten most modified bodies, including tattoos, piercings etc. The photos are unique, but can be graphic, so please read full article with this in mind.

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I'm here to tell you that you can work at a job today and not have to show up in a corporate straight jacket. In fact, you can actually allow your own creativity to shine through at some employers, and even tattoos and piercings are welcome.

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See the woman with the longest nails in the world. And you should definitely see the guy who can pop his eyes out!

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There is one obvious solution, but it flies beyond parental reasoning. If you don't want kids to dress a certain way, then start dressing that way yourself. Fathers can do yard work wearing droopy pants with their cheeks hanging out.

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Patrick from Denmark has some of the most intense facial mods — tons of piercings, transdermals, and subdermals — and it's been fascinating...

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The appetite for blood porn, zombie flicks and sicko sideshows in America is endless. Is capitalism to blame, or is it a natural extension of a free society?

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