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A woman died of blood poisoning two days after having her tongue pierced as a birthday treat, an inquest was told on Thursday.Amanda Taylor wanted the stud so she could look like royal Zara Phillips and pop star Pink, her family said. The 34-year-old collapsed within 48 hours of having the 2cm (0.8in) steel bar put through her tongue. Just before she died, she wrote on Facebook: ‘I feel like crap.’ Before yesterday’s hearing, Miss Taylor’s mother Lorraine, 61, said: ‘I was against [the piercing] and Amanda never did anything unless she had my blessing. ‘But her friend was having...

Woman alleges 'Sox' tattooed backward on thigh By: Todd J. Behme October 08, 2010 (Crain's) — A Chicago White Sox logo was tattooed backward onto a woman's thigh, she alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday. Eugenia “Gina” Bebis of Elmwood Park went to Mystic Tattoo Art & Body Piercing in Chicago in early June for a tattoo made up mainly of the Sox logo, according to the suit. She consulted with an employee, Micah St. John, and he worked up a proof of the design, the suit says. Mr. St. John then inked the tattoo on the outside of her...

CLAYTON, N.C. – A 14-year-old girl is getting help from the American Civil Liberties Union to sue her school over her facial piercing. .... Iacono joined the Church of Body Modification this summer. She's now one of 20 members in the state and 3,500 nationwide.