IS PIERCING DANGEROUS?

The piercing of the face and body is quite popular the last decades. Unfortunately it is a technique that might become quite dangerous for our health. This can be due to:

1. Incorrect applying methods (non-hygenic environment during application)
2. Bad application (the material can remain inside the skin or can be captured in a different spot from that initially intended)
3. Allergic reaction to the material. The following case includes all three reasons. The patient initially had an allergic reacton to the material , but the material got only partially removed from the lip. The remaining part caused an extreme inflammation and got captured inside the skin. In the office the material got removed under local aneasthesia and the patient is under antibiotic treatment.