LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- A Queens woman is recovering from a near-death experience. A mystery infection got so bad, she needed a liver transplant. Doctors ultimately traced the infection to ...

The diagnosis was right on the nose. Queens woman Dana Smith, 37, nearly died after contracting an infection from a nose piercing. Smith was rushed to the hospital in late January with a mysterious ...

A tiny stud in a woman’s nostril is likely to blame for a huge health emergency that sent her to the hospital with liver failure, doctors say. They believe the nose piercing was the source of a ...

NEW YORK -- A New York City woman reunited Thursday with the surgeon who performed a life-saving liver transplant after a near-death experience linked to a nose ring infection. For 37-year-old Dana ...

I've had my fair share of beauty fails, including bad hair colors and dodgy piercings (think: accidental pumpkin orange hair and belly piercing at 16). Although it seems that my hair has reached ...

However, with the excitement of getting a new piercing comes the risk of infections. Infections can be painful and sometimes even dangerous, so it's important to take the necessary precautions to ...

Like with tattoos, when it comes to getting piercings, choosing an area of your body where you want your jewelry to live is only half the battle. There are several areas on the ears — conch, rook, ...