Tongue piercings could be banned for children under the age of 16 in Wales. The Welsh Government intends to make the “intimate” piercing of children an offence by the end of 2016 and health minister ...

LONDON — People measure adulthood by an ever-shifting set of age limits for rights like driving, drinking, voting, having sex, marrying, or serving in the military. Add another to the list: How old ...

A proposed ban on intimate piercings should be extended to all under-18s, a group of AMs has said. The Public Health Bill, if passed, will ban children under the age of 16 from having piercings of the ...

Reveals the problems experienced by individuals who undergo tongue piercing. Shows the working practices of tongue piercers. Suggests that dental trauma is a long-term consequence of wearing tongue ...

CHICAGO – The teenager said the stabbing pains in her face felt like electrical shocks that lasted 10 to 30 seconds and struck 20 to 30 times a day. Her doctors diagnosed trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve ...

Young people under the age of 18 are from today banned from piercing their tongues, nipples or genitals in Wales. Wales has become the first country in the UK to introduce a nationwide ban on the ...

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 ...

Wales has become the first UK nation to ban intimate piercing for under 18s in a bid to prevent potential related health problems. The new law makes it an offence to pierce or arrange to pierce the ...

The teenager said the stabbing pains in her face felt like electrical shocks that lasted 10 to 30 seconds and struck 20 to 30 times a day. Her doctors diagnosed trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve disorder ...

The Public Health Bill, if passed, will ban children under the age of 16 from having piercings of the tongue and genitalia. But the health committee thinks the age of consent should be higher, ...