Friday, July 29, 2011

Piercings (Advice from Dr. Mike)

I saw a girl with an inflamed nostril piercing yesterday. It reminded me of my daughter having same problem about age 19. Her M.D. uncle told her that he'd had cases of young people whose infections had destroyed the cartridge in their noses, so their noses became loose flaps on their face (Google 'proboscis monkey' for collapsed-nose look).

Same with ears. Lobes aren't a real problem, it's the upper ear where the cartilage is. If that is destroyed by a piercing infection, you have floppy ears. So if one must pierce, get out the peroxide or alcohol and keep those piercing holes clean! :-)

(Altho Pierce in "Zits" seems to have no problem. Hmmm.)

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