This descriptive, correlational study surveyed 79 pierced and/or tattooed participants to determine reasons why people pierce and tattoo their bodies and to assess participants' knowledge of health risks involved in body alteration procedures. Participants queried represented a wide age range-between 19 and 55. Results showed that participants perceived few health risks involving piercing and t...

The Issue and Why It’s Important Information on tattooing and piercing is typically included in screening interviews of prospective blood donors and can be used as a reason for deferral given possible associations with the transmission of a number of blood-borne infectious diseases.(3) Tattooing involves piercing of the skin with one or more needles that permanently imprint one or more pigments...

30 9 body piercing, or implants, have been practiced in become increasingly common to remove body jewelry for 31 10 societies across the world for thousands of years. In diagnostic imaging (computed tomography/magnetic reso32 11 recent years, these practices have become more common nance imaging) or surgical procedures. However, the ques33 12 and widespread, moving beyond what we might have pre...

Oral piercings and its associated complications are frequently encountered in general dentistry. This case describes an unusual complication of tooth 41 associated with a long-term metallic tongue piercing. Methods: The patient's history was evaluated and a clinical examination conducted. Results: Repeated traumatic insults from the large metallic tongue piercing rendered tooth 41 non vital and...

introduction: tympanoplasty is the standard and well established procedure for closure of tympanic membrane perforations .this paper compares the results of tympanoplasty in terms of hearing improvement and graft incorporation in patients with chronic perforation of the tympanic membrane between two groups with and without active drainage at the time of surgery.  materials and methods: sixty re...

introduction: nodular fasciitis is described as a benign reactive proliferation of myofibroblasts. due to its rapid-growing nature, a precise clinical diagnosis is difficult and the condition is frequently misdiagnosed as malignant lesions.   case report: in this study, we present the case of a young woman with an auricular nodular fasciitis as an example of one of the rarest sites of this tumo...