When Daniel Bocchino was 16, he started stretching his ear lobes, expanding them until he had an inch-wide hole in each lobe. But by the time he was 19, he was so over the piercing trend known as ear ...

There are two things known to be true about body modifications: pain and permanence. They're part of what makes piercings and tattoos so exciting — and yet, the more you look into it, the less painful ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Most of us get our ears pierced as kids. By the time we're adults, our earlobes begin to droop and even rip all the way through from wearing heavy earrings. Christy Tran is ...

Move over Botox. Take a hike face lifts. There’s another beauty fad to make you look younger – and it involves your ears. Earlobe reduction surgery is here for people who want “younger” looking ears.

Plastic surgeons say there's an uptick in young patients wanting a to correct their "earlobe stretching" and coupled with the inevitable fact that people get older, it possibly signals the death of ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Ear gauging is a trend that involves stretching an ear piercing to accommodate a large plug, sometimes a half inch or wider. While it is popular with teens, some are realizing that ...

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 ...

Stretched ear lobes are becoming an increasingly common sight. From pop stars to people in the street, there are more and more flesh tunnels and plugs on display. Like other sub-cultural practices ...

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 ...