Adverse consequences of tattoos and body piercings

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-192

  Larzo, Melissa R ^a   Poe, Susannah Grimm ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY PIERCING; COUNSELING; ETHNIC GROUP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TATTOO; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33645095988     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20060301-12     Document Type: Review

References (38)

1. Barnett J. Health implications of body piercing and tattooing: a literature review. Nurs Times. 2003;99(37):62-63.
2. Weir E. Navel gazing: a clinical glimpse at body piercing. CMAJ. 2001;164(6):864
3. Roberts TA, Ryan SA. Tattooing and high-risk behavior in adolescents. Pediatrics. 2002;110(6):1058-1063.
4. Stirn A. Body Piercing: medical consequences and psychological motivations. Lancet. 2003;361(9364):1205-1215.
5. Golladay ES. Outpatient adolescent surgical problems. Adolesc Med Clin. 2004;15(3):503-520.
6. Tweeten SS, Rickman LS. Infectious complications of body piercing. Clin Infect Dis. 1998;26(3):735-740.
7. Koenig LM, Carnes M. Body piercing: Medical concerns with cutting-edge fashion. J Gen Intern Med. 1999;14(6):379-385.
8. Slonim AB, Roberto AJ, Downing CR, Adams IF, Fasano NJ, Davis-Satterla L, Miller MA. Adolescents' knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors regarding hepatitis B: insights and implications for programs targeting vaccine-preventable diseases. J Adolesc Health. 2005;36(3):178-186.
9. Shepard CW, Finelli L, Alter MJ. Global epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2005;5(9):558-567.
10. Nishioka Sde A, Gyorkos TW, MacLean JD. Tattoos and transfusion- transmitted disease risk: implications for the screening of blood donors in Brazil. Braz J Infect Dis. 2002;6(4):172-180.
11. Caliendo C, Armstrong ML, Roberts AE. Self-reported characteristics of women and men with intimate body piercings. J Adv Nurs. 2005;49(5):474-484.
12. Friedel JM, Stehlik J, Desai M, Granato JE. Infective endocarditis after oral body piercing. Cardiol Rev. 2003;11(5):252-255.
13. Dubose J, Pratt JW. Victim of fashion: endocarditis after oral piercing. Curr Surg. 2004;61(5):474-477.
14. Raja SG, Shad SK, Dreyfus GD. Body piercing: a rare cause of mitral valve endocarditis. J Heart Valve Dis. 2004 Sep;13(5):854-856.
15. Cartwright M. Body piercing: what nurse practicioners need to know. J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2000;12(5):171-174.
16. Alliance of Professional Tattooists. Frequently asked questions. Available at: http://www. safe-tattoos.com/faq.htm. Accessed January 26, 2006.
17. Warmuth IP, Beltrani VS. Metal (hardware) implant "allergy." Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 1997;17(3):487-504.
18. Smith-Sivertsen T, Dotterud LK, Lund E. Nickel allergy and its relationship with local nickel pollution, ear piercing, and atopic dermatitis: a population-based study from Norway. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1999;40(5 pt 1):726-735.
19. Ehrlich A, Kucenic M, Belsito DV. Role of body piercing in the induction of metal allergies. Am J Contact Dermat. 2001;12(3):151-155.
20. Marcoux D. Appearance, cosmetics, and body art in adolescents: teenage tattooing and body piercing. Dermatol Clin. 2000;18(4):667-673.
21. Engasser PG. Lip cosmetics. Dermatol Clin. 2000;18(4):641-649.
22. Leggiadro RJ, Boscamp JR, Sapadin AN. Temporary tattoo dermatitis. J Pediatr. 2003;142(5):586.
23. Nicoletti A. Perspectives on pediatric and adolescent gynecology from the allied health care professional: teens, tattoos, and body piercing. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2004;17(3):215-216.
24. Soileau KM. Treatment of a mucogingival defect associated with intraoral piercing. J Am Dent Assoc. 2005;136(4):490-494.
25. Fleming PS, Flood TR. Bifid tongue - a complication of tongue piercing. Br Dent J. 2005;198(5):265-266.
26. Niamtu J. Eleven pearls for cosmetic earlobe repair. Dermatol Surg. 2002;28(2):180-185.
27. Jones SA, Flynn RJ. An unusual (and somewhat piercing) cause of paraphimosis. Br J Urol. 1996;78(5):803-804.
28. Armstrong MI, Murphy KP. Tattooing: another adolescent risk behavior warranting health education. Appl Nurs Res. 1997;10(4):181-189.
29. Armstrong ML Owen DC, Roberts AE, Koch JR. College students and tattoos. Influence of image, identity, family, and friends. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2002;40(10):20-29.
30. Roberts TA, Auinger P, Ryan SA. Body piercing and high-risk behavior in adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 2004;34(3):224-229.
31. Brooks TL, Woods ER, Knight JR, Shrier LA. Body modification and substance use in adolescents: Is there a link? J Adolesc Health. 2003;32(1):44-49.
32. Carroll S, Riffenburgh R, Roberts T, Myhre E. Tattoos and body piercings as indicators of adolescent risk-taking behaviors. Pediatrics. 2002;109(6):1021-1027.
33. Dhossche D, Snell KS, Larder S. AA case-control study of tattoos in young suicide victims as a possible marker of risk. J Affect Disord. 2000;59(2):165-168.
34. Meland E, Breidablik HJ, Vik LJ, Ekeland TJ. Teenagers with piercing and tattooing. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2004;124(13-14):1760-1763.
35. Forbes GB. College students with tattoos and piercings: motives, family experiences, personality factors, and perception by others. Psychol Rep. 2001;89(3):774-786.
36. Carroll L, Anderson R. Body piercing, tattooing, self-esteem, and body investment in adolescent girls. Adolescence. 2002;37(147):627-637.
37. Deschesnes M, Fines P, Demers S. Are tattooing and body piercing indicators of risk-taking behaviours among high school students? J Adolesc. 2005 Aug 13. Epub ahead of print.
38. Newman AW, Wright SW, Wrenn KD, Bernard A. Should physicians have facial piercings? J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20(3):213-218.