Antoszewski Bogusław, Szychta Paweł, Fijałkowska Marta
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Institute of Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Int J Dermatol. 2009 Apr;48(4):422-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04028.x.
The popularity of body piercing procedures is increasing around the world. Body piercing, depending on the age and social group, is believed to involve up to 51% of the general population. Complications following piercing procedures are variable.
To present an unusual complication after lower lip piercing - embedding of a stud into the lip - and to determine why it occurred from the side of the mucous membrane and not from the side of the skin.
A 21-year-old man presented to the plastic surgery outpatient clinic with embedding of piercing into the lower lip. Results In lateral X-ray film, a metallic shadow was observed in the area of the oral soft tissues. The length of the stick was only 8 mm. In this patient, a stick that was too short in relation to the thickness of the lip was used. In this situation, the ends of the stud pressed too strongly on the surrounding tissues. Consequently, this may have caused necrosis of the mucous membrane and embedding of the stud into the lip.
The observations described confirm a higher susceptibility to mechanical pressure of the mucous membrane than of the skin. An increasing rate of complications after body piercing reflects a lack of medical knowledge in individuals performing such procedures.
身体穿刺手术在全球范围内越来越流行。根据年龄和社会群体的不同，据信有高达51%的普通人群进行过身体穿刺。穿刺手术后的并发症各不相同。
呈现下唇穿刺后的一种罕见并发症——耳钉嵌入唇部，并从黏膜侧而非皮肤侧确定其发生原因。
一名21岁男性因唇部穿刺嵌入到整形外科门诊就诊。结果在侧位X线片上，口腔软组织区域观察到金属阴影。耳钉杆的长度仅为8毫米。在该患者中，使用的耳钉杆相对于唇部厚度过短。在这种情况下，耳钉的末端对周围组织的压力过大。因此，这可能导致了黏膜坏死以及耳钉嵌入唇部。
所描述的观察结果证实黏膜比皮肤对机械压力更敏感。身体穿刺后并发症发生率的增加反映了进行此类手术的个人缺乏医学知识。
