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An Ear-Piercing Experience
Ear piercing is often performed in an unregulated or loosely regulated environment by people with uncertain infection control skills. The results are usually benign but they can also lead to serious infections. This study began when one doctor in Oregon noted that two patients had their ears pierced at a state-regulated jewelry kiosk and developed similar infections. . . .
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Ear Piercing: Best When Young or Old?
Keloids and hypertrophic scars are a condition where there is proliferation of tissue after injury to the skin that occurs in some individuals. Keloids are flesh-colored, firm, and occasionally painful or itchy. The mechanism for producing keloids after a skin injury is largely unknown. There is a familial tendency to get them. They are more common in the black population. . . .
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