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The Complications of Body Piercing

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:33:34 GMT

clipped by: marzee2

The Complications of Body Piercing

Body piercing in places other than the ear often leads to complications like infections, swelling and bleeding, a new study shows.

The data, compiled in Britain by the Health Protection Agency and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, show that 25 percent of piercings in body areas other than the earlobe lead to complications, with one in 100 piercings resulting in a hospital admission. More than 10,000 people ages 16 and older took part in the survey, which was published online today by the British Medical Journal. A 2002 study of American college students also reported a high rate of complications, with 17 percent of students complaining of problems, including bleeding and infection. Nipple piercing appeared to be the most risky, with a 21 percent rate of bleeding or injury.

Complications of body piercing.

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:46:44 GMT

clipped by: fewstingscorpio
clipper's remarks: Oh crap, I guess I'll have to cancel all my piercing appointments....I'm just making that up.

Clip Source: well.blogs.nytimes.com

In the British study, 16-year-olds with piercings were also more likely to suffer from complications, with almost a third reporting problems and 15 percent seeking professional help.

The growing popularity of body piercings could “place a significant burden on health services for many years,” the researchers said.

Tags: "body piercing", piercing, "piercing complications"

A SuperHighway To Bliss

Mon, 26 May 2008 11:58:22 GMT

clipped by: debbyski
clipper's remarks: "She also receives more than 100 e-mail messages a day from fans. Some are brain scientists, who are fascinated that one of their own has had a stroke and can now come back and translate the experience in terms they can use. Some are stroke victims or their caregivers who want to share their stories and thank her for her openness."

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

JILL BOLTE TAYLOR was a neuroscientist working at Harvard’s brain research center when she experienced nirvana.

But she did it by having a stroke.

On Dec. 10, 1996, Dr. Taylor, then 37, woke up in her apartment near Boston with a piercing pain behind her eye. A blood vessel in her brain had popped. Within minutes, her left lobe — the source of ego, analysis, judgment and context — began to fail her. Oddly, it felt great.

The incessant chatter that normally filled her mind disappeared. Her everyday worries — about a brother with schizophrenia and her high-powered job — untethered themselves from her and slid away.

After experiencing intense pain, she said, her body disconnected from her mind. “I felt like a genie liberated from its bottle,” she wrote in her book. “The energy of my spirit seemed to flow like a great whale gliding through a sea of silent euphoria.”

Tooth Tattoos - surprise the Tooth Fairy!

Wed, 07 May 2008 07:52:02 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: I guess its all about people wanting to make a statement - may not be as bold as a body tattoo or piercing, but kinda cute...

Clip Source: inventorspot.com

Tooth Tattoos - What Would the Tooth Fairy Think?

The tooth artists at Heward Dental Lab can create custom handpainted artwork on your teeth. They have been in business for over 30 years and state "We have found that there is a lack of true artists in our industry. Our technicians were trained first to be artists and then taught how to construct teeth."

They say that you will have your very own custom crown in 6 easy steps which include obtaining a prescription, picking out your artwork, deciding where you want it, and visiting your dentist to have it put in place.

David Letterman

Prices range anywhere from $75 to $500.

They specify they want simple pictures, so I guess the Mona Lisa might be too much to ask for.

Elvis

Washington

Rooster Tattoo

Tags: body art, tattoos, pop culture, teeth, cosmetology, bizarre, oddity

Top 10 Crimes Against Your Body

Tue, 06 May 2008 12:53:36 GMT

clipped by: thinkingblue
clipper's remarks: When I opened this article, I thought it was going to be one of those same ole, same ole's, about smoking, drinking, overeating and unsafe sex, all the nasty, enjoyable habits we've grown to love. I was surprised to see it was about the rush to improve one's appearance by seeking out deadly cosmetic surgeries of sort. This is another one of those by-products from the advertisement industry who use "beautiful people" to sell the crap we buy... Subconscious messages are planted during these many ads, shoved in our faces, via magazines, newspapers, TV and any media we may tap into, to get entertained or informed. These ads, on a subconscious level make us feel ugly and useless because we don't resemble the actors or models who seem to enjoy their lives so much better than we. So what does one do to join the "beautiful people" crowd? They go under the knife! A big collective OUCH!
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/05/06/top-10-crimes-against-your-body.aspx

Clip Source: articles.mercola.com

Top 10 Crimes Against Your Body

People have been pushing the limits of the human body since the beginning of time. Body piercing, tattoos, ear stretching, and more were used in ancient cultures as a rite of passage, to express spiritual beliefs and, often, to display varying cultural ideals of beauty.

In the modern world, body modification is still popular, though not without risk.

Most dyes used in tattooing are not approved for cosmetic purposes and were produced for industrial uses such as car paint, for instance. Body piercing can also cause problems depending on the type of metal used and the location of the piercing.

What are the top 10 things people do to their bodies that they probably shouldn’t? This LiveScience article has detailed the top 10:

10. Toe Shortening:

9. Laser Hair Removal:

8. Body Piercing:

7. Grills:

6. Permanent Makeup

5. Bariatric Surgery:

4. Skin Whitening:

3. Botox:

2. Penis Enhancement:

1. Liposuction:

Sources:

LiveScience April 22, 2008

Tags: health

Are body piercings really worth it?

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:46:55 GMT

clipped by: kelvin273
clipper's remarks: Jokes aside, it's weird that nipple rings set off the alarm but belly-button piercings don't. It makes you wonder if male agents calibrate the machine.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Mandi Hamlin, at center with attorney Gloria Allred, demonstrates how she removed her nipple ring.

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.

"I wouldn't wish this experience upon anyone," Mandi Hamlin said at a news conference. "My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way."

Hamlin said she told the woman she was wearing nipple piercings. The agent called over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would have to remove the jewelry, Hamlin said.

She was taken behind a curtain and managed to remove one bar-shaped piercing but had trouble with the second, a ring.

She said she heard male TSA agents snickering as she took out the ring. She was scanned again and was allowed to board even though she still was wearing a belly button ring.

Tags: airlines, security

Traveler says she was forced to remove nipple ring

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:32:21 GMT

clipped by: rmowery

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Traveler says she was forced to remove nipple ring

"I wouldn't wish this experience upon anyone," Mandi Hamlin said at a news conference. "My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way."

Hamlin, 37, said she was trying to board a flight from Lubbock to Dallas on February 24 when she was scanned by a Transportation Security Administration agent after passing through a larger metal detector without problems.

The female TSA agent used a handheld detector that beeped when it passed in front of Hamlin's chest, the Dallas-area resident said.

Tags: travels, tsa, nipple ring, body piercing

Top 10 Christmas Neo-Pinups

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:31:09 GMT

clipped by: Tali99
clipper's remarks: Tattoos, piercing and brightly dyed hair is what the neo-pinup girl is all about. Find out who the top neo-pinup is for Christmas 2007!

Clip Source: thepinupshop.blogspot.com

The pinup revival is not about doing it like Vargas. Today’s pinups are only a reminder of what pinups used to look like. They have their own special edge, with the tattoos, the piercing and the brightly dyed hair. Maybe, in fifty years- when the next pinup revival comes, instead of the Betty Page hair-cut, they’ll all have pink or red hair and body paint?

#10 Vicky Decay

Tags: audrey kitching, bernie dexter, dita von teese, kay o'hara, masuimi max, piercing, pink hair, pinup revival, tatoos, top 10 christmas neo-pinups

Man with rings...

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:53:16 GMT

clipped by: hawgwild
clipper's remarks: Looks like it hurts!

Clip Source: www.ebnormal.com

Man with rings....

Tags: rings, jewellery, body jewellery, piercing, boby piercing, face, facial piercing

Woman Dies After Tongue Piercing

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:44:48 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: It's self destructive behavior that can have serious consequences, in this case death.

Clip Source: www.thebostonchannel.com

Woman Dies Of Meningitis After Tongue Piercing

BOSTON -- A young Scituate woman has died of viral meningitis after getting an infection from a tongue piercing.

Kate Donovan, 20, died at a Boston hospital Monday, according to family friends.

NewsCenter 5's Mary Saladna reported that an infection soon developed, but antibiotics did not seem to help. Donovan began suffering severe headaches and was hospitalized.

"We couldn’t believe it. We knew she was in the hospital, but we didn’t know she was that sick," said one co-worker.

Bacterial infections and meningitis can be a complication from tongue piercing, according to the Web site WebMD.com.

Meningitis is an infection of the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms of meningitis may appear suddenly and include fever, severe and constant headache, stiff neck or neck pain, nausea and vomiting and rash.

Viral meningitis is not contagious. Health officials said her co-workers and customers are not at risk.

Tags: culture, body piercing, health

Body Piercing Under 5.

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:42:00 GMT

clipped by: hotdoge3
clipper's remarks: Just for under 5 Body Piercing.

Clip Source: www.nzherald.co.nz

Tags: under 5 body piercing.

Indian nostril piercing - wikipedia

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:51:01 GMT

clipped by: mardraum

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

Nostril piercing is a body piercing practice often associated with India. In North of India the outside of the left and in South India the outside of right nostril is the preferred position of the piercing as this is supposed to make childbirth easier. This is because Ayurvedic medicine associates this location with the female reproductive organs [1].Nostril piercing was first performed in the Middle East about 4,000 years ago.[2]. A nose ring was one of the gifts given to Rebekah, according to Genesis 24:47. In India piercings were regarded as a mark of beauty and social standing as well as a Hindu's honor to the god Parvathi the goddess of marriage in the 16th century.

Tags: india nostril piercing

Extreme piercing in Thaïland

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:55:13 GMT

clipped by: Erik Schiegg
clipper's remarks: Mind over body. They do it in trance, it reads.

Clip Source: www.blick.ch

Nichts für Weicheier: So drastisch pierct man sich heutzutage in Thailand. Nein, natürlich nicht! Am jährlich stattfindenden Vegetarier-Festival in Phuket lassen sich die Teilnehmer erst in Trance versetzen, um dann mit Nadeln und Dolchen ihre Wangen zu durchbohren. Die Hauptsache an diesem religiösen Ritual ist allerdings, dass man sich vegetarisch ernährt und auf scharfgewürzte Speisen und Sex verzichtet, um seinen Körper zu reinigen. (Keystone)

Tags: thailand, picture, piercing

Girl almost died in crash as navel stud shot through her ‘like a bullet’

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:21:37 GMT

clipped by: book-mole

Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

A student has given warning of the potential dangers of body piercings, after she was almost killed when her belly-button stud tore through her stomach “like a bullet” during a car accident.

Jessica Collins, 19, from Radyr, Cardiff, is recovering from surgery at a hospital in Munich, where the crash happened. The seatbelt she was wearing forced the metal stud through her body almost to her spine, causing serious internal injuries.

Her mother, Amanda Beadle, who has flown out to Germany to be by her bedside, compared her daughter’s injuries to a bullet wound and said that she was lucky to be alive. Jessica has urged friends to remove their own piercings.

Jessica was in intensive care for five days, and is not expected to return to Britain until the week after next.

— Infection is the main risk associated with body piercing. If hygiene standards are not adequate, those with piercings can catch hepatitis and HIV

— Body piercing also presents a risk of swelling and scarring

Tags: news, piercings

EXTREME body modification

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:10:54 GMT

clipped by: learnjoy

Clip Source: damncoolpics.blogspot.com

Tags: body, modification, tattoo, piercing