Body Piercing Medical Consequences

Piercings: How to prevent complications - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/piercings/art-20047317

Some piercing jewelry — particularly pieces made of nickel — can cause allergic reactions. Oral complications. Jewelry worn in tongue piercings can chip and crack your teeth and damage your gums. Tongue swelling after a new piercing can …

Complications of Body Piercing | AAFP

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Complications of body piercing include local and systemic infections, poor cosmesis, and foreign body rejection. Swelling and tooth fracture are common problems …

Body piercing: complications and prevention of health risks

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22175301/

Body and earlobe piercing are common practices in the USA today. Minor complications including infection and bleeding occur frequently and, although rare, …

Tattoos and Piercings: Risks, Precautions, Aftercare

https://www.healthline.com/health/beauty-skin-care-tattoos-piercings

Body piercing: medical consequences and psychological …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12686054/

Abstract. Body piercing is increasing in popularity around the world. In this review, I describe the history, origins, and peculiarities of various forms of body piercing, …

Body piercing: medical consequences and psychological …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(03)12955-8/fulltext

Dec 20, 2017

Tattoos: Understand risks and precautions - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/tattoos-and-piercings/art-20045067

Granuloma. Tattoos breach the skin, which means that skin infections and other complications are possible, including: Allergic reactions. Tattoo dyes — especially red, green, yellow and blue dyes — can cause …

What Are the Health Risks of Body Piercings?

https://www.healthguidance.org/entry/17591/1/what-are-the-health-risks-of-body-piercings.html

Some of the most common include: Infection As with any open wound, a piercing can potentially get infected, leading to tissue damage, fever and other issues. Often piercings need to be left in for 6-9 …

Body piercing: medical consequences and psychological …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673603129558

Apr 5, 2003

Body piercing: medical consequences and psychological …

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Body-piercing%3A-medical-consequences-and-motivations-Stirn/e8321b6bb70b9c3bf49c46f79350c6aa856c1ce7

Evaluated body piercings among medical students found Piercing insertion occurred during adolescence, local inflammatory and infectious reactions were common, …