What is a smiley piercing? Alysa Liu’s viral teeth jewelry has fans curious, but the ADA says the trendy look comes with ...

Liu’s jewelry is technically a frenulum piercing, a modification that passes through the thin tissue connecting the upper lip to the gums. It’s called a “smiley” because the jewelry stays hidden ...

While she may have inspired a nation with her performance on the ice for Team USA, Alysa Liu's unique upper lip piercing has ...

Liu features a "smiley" piercing, also known as a frenulum piercing, which is a piece of jewelry inserted through the thin ...

It may be the coolest piercing in figure skating.

Hypertrophic piercing bumps and keloid scars can look similar. However, there are various ways to differentiate them. Skin changes can occur at the site of piercings. Knowing how to tell the ...

The body may reject a piercing, slowly pushing it out of the skin. This occurs when the immune system identifies the piercing object as foreign and seeks to remove it. The process of pushing a foreign ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. As Rihanna, FKATwigs, and Zoe Kravitz can illustrate, adorning oneself with ...

Scars are pretty much a given, once you remove a piercing. That said, how noticeable your scar is can depend on several things, not all of which you can control. Since eyebrow piercings are surface ...

A Medusa piercing sits just below the nose and above the lip. It requires a little extra healing time and, TBH, it tends to have a bit more of an ouch factor than some other piercings. This could ...