A Los Angeles firefighter who nearly lost one of his ears in an explosion while fighting a brush fire has been released from the hospital and is back with his family, authorities said Tuesday. The ...

While getting your ears pierced is pretty safe, there's still a chance that your piercings could become infected. An ear piercing is a fresh wound that needs to be treated as such. This means keeping ...

In a perfect world, you get an ear piercing and walk out feeling amazing in new earrings. However, if you’ve had the (dis)pleasure of getting an infected ear piercing, you know what a bummer it can be ...

An ear infection can present as a dull, persistent ache, and is sometimes accompanied by pressure, discharge, itching, fever or muffled hearing. In more severe cases, the pain can be sudden, sharp and ...

A piercing is infected if it is red, swollen, bleeding, and producing pus. To treat it at home, use topical antibiotics, a saline solution, and don't remove the piercing. See a doctor if the piercing ...

POV: You finally got that cartilage piercing you’ve been thinking about. You picked out the perfect starter stud (but have big plans to level-up to a hoop when the ...