Piercings in medical students and their effects on the skin

Rosario, Bernardo Augusto; Rosário, Cristine Secco; Guimarães, Ana Tereza Bittencourt

doi:10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142878

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“…12 These findings have similarly been reported in a sample of medical students who had undergone piercing. 13 Scarification is the practice of intentionally irritating the skin to cause a permanent pattern of scar tissue. Studies have been conducted among international communities describing high rates of scarification, yet no studies on scarification have been reported from the United States.…”

Section: History Of Body Modification: Tattooing Piercing and Scarimentioning

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Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification

Breuner

Levine

2017

Pediatrics

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THE COMMITTEE ON ADOLESCENCE Tattoos, piercing, and scarification are now commonplace among adolescents and young adults. This first clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics on voluntary body modification will review the methods used to perform the modifications. Complications resulting from body modification methods, although not common, are discussed to provide the pediatrician with management information. Body modification will be contrasted with nonsuicidal self-injury. When available, information also is presented on societal perceptions of body modification. abstract Tattoos, piercings, and scarification, also known as "body modifications, " are commonly obtained by adolescents and young adults. Previous reports on those who obtain tattoos, piercings, and scarification have focused mainly on high-risk populations, including at-risk adolescents. 1 Tattooing and piercing of various body parts no longer is a high-riskpopulation phenomenon, as evidenced by growing numbers of adults and adolescents not considered at risk who have tattoos and multiple ear and body piercings. The Pew Research Center reports that in 2010, 38% of 18 to 29 year olds had at least 1 tattoo, and 23% had piercings in locations other than an earlobe. 2 Of those with tattoos, 72% were covered and not visible. 2 Scarification is the practice of intentionally irritating the skin to cause a permanent pattern of scar tissue; data are not currently available on the prevalence of scarification in the United States.Although body modifications have become a mainstream trend, they still may be associated with medical complications and, among adolescents, may also co-occur with high-risk behaviors. This first clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics on tattooing, piercing, and scarification discusses the history of these methods of body modification, educates the reader on methods used, reports on trends in associated adolescent and young adult risk behaviors, differentiates between nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and body modifications, and educates the reader about how to anticipate and prevent potential medical complications. The report analyzes the literature about societal acceptance of people with body modifications and perceptions that

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Section: History Of Body Modification: Tattooing Piercing and Scarimentioning

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Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification

Breuner

Levine

2017

Pediatrics

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“…Purim із співавт. [4], при аналізі наслідків пірсингу у студентів-медиків та його дерматологічних ускладнень встановили, що у більшості випадків пірсинг був зроблений з нержавіючої сталі з подальшими шкірними реакціями у перші шість місяців після проколювання. Серед ускладнень пірсингу реєстрували гіпертрофічне рубцювання, біль, набряк та інфекцію.…”

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“…Одним з основних ускладнень цукрового діабету, який може призвести до інвалідизації хворих, є діабетична ретинопатія (ДР). [1,2,3,4,5,6], Під час розвитку цієї мікросудинної патології відбувається ураження судин сітківки із подальшим утворенням мікроаневризм, крововиливів та можливим новоутворенням судин на очному дні. І як наслідок цих патофізіологічних зрушень знижується гострота зору та розвивається сліпота [7,8,9,10,11,12].…”

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Dynamics of Wound Healing After Intraoral Piercing With Medical Steel Clips in Experimental Animals

Ryabokon

Shatov

Горголь

et al. 2019

Act. Probl. of the Modern Med.

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Introduction. In modern dentistry, medical steel, along with other materials used for dental implantation, is considered as biocompatible or bio-tolerant materials. Among the commonest complications caused by piercing, there are hypertrophic scarring, pain, swelling and infection. Therefore, the research on clinical and morphological changes in tongue and cheek tissues during experimental piercing with medical steel clips on animals and further evaluation of the consequences of this procedure seem to be quite relevant. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of clips made of medical steel on the dynamics of the wound healing in tissues of the cheek and tongue following the implantation in test animals. Materials and methods. The experiment was conducted on the chinchilla line rabbits (n=8) in 2015. The animals were implanted with medical steel clips in soft tissue of the tongue and cheeks. Histological studies were performed on 7th, 14th, 28th and 60th days following the implantation to study the dynamics of the change in the pierced channel. Results and conclusions. The study has shown the purulent process in the tongue and cheeks tissues following the implantation of medical steel clips can be observed from the 7th to 60th days. Thus, we can suggest that the damaging effect of medical steel clips on tongue and cheek tissues in the test animal promotes purulent inflammation. The rabbits with implanted clips in the tongue and cheek had broad wound channels, containing purulent exudates, inflammatory infiltrates were found in the walls of the wound channel. During the experiment, the histological specimens of the cheeks and tongue showed a large amount of granulation tissue, signs of immaturity and secondary inflammation, slow transformation of granulation tissue into the connective tissue that causes a lack of complete epithelisation and promotes deep skin wounds. The impairment of nerve endings in the form of oedema of the endo- and perineuria as a consequence of the implantation of medical steel clips can be manifested by persistent pain syndrome, loss of local sensitivity and distortion of taste sensation. In future, we are planning to investigate the dynamics of the wound healing after intraoral implantation of clips made of other materials in the test animals.

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“…The tongue piercing is a highly popular form of this practice, surviving the always changing fashion waves. (1) It is the piercing that requires the most precision and knowledge regarding the placement technique, due to the highly vascularised constitution of the tongue, several technical errors are being registered throughout its popular years. The insertion of the jewellery in the tongue can be followed by multiple acute and chronic complications and literature describes numerous pathological issues following its practice.…”

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Colonization of Candida After the Placement of a Tongue Piercing, a Case Report

Ledan-Muntean

Tudor

2020

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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The practice of piercing the body’s different areas is a commonly observed form of body modification. It implies puncturing the skin tissue resulted in an opening, in which specific jewellery or an intradermal implant could be inserted. The tongue piercing is a highly popular form of this practice, but can be followed by multiple acute and chronic complications, such as bacterial and fungal infections. Our case describes the clinical situation of a 25 year old immunocompetent woman, who sought medical help after observing tissue abnormalities, following a newly inserted tongue piercing. We identified a correctly and professionally placed tongue jewellery associated with all clinical hallmarks of oral Candidiasis. Our aim was to microbiologically identify and treat the present yeast colonies.

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Piercings in medical students and their effects on the skin

Cited by 12 publications

References 27 publications

Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification

Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification

Dynamics of Wound Healing After Intraoral Piercing With Medical Steel Clips in Experimental Animals

Colonization of Candida After the Placement of a Tongue Piercing, a Case Report

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