Dangers of Careless Self-Piercing
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Many body modification fetishists do some very demanding piercings. The lesson here is to make sure that if you must do it yourself make sure someone with experience is involved.
Other reports in medical journals include a sewing needle that disappeared during a do-it-yourself tongue piercing and had to be extracted by oral surgeons; a variety of serious, drug-resistant bacterial infections; hepatitis and tetanus; fractured teeth and nerve damage from tongue studs; as well as permanent scarring.
