Facial piercing health risk

People with nose piercings look great. There are a lot of things that can go wrong such as a keloid lump growing on the nose, or you may end up swallowing the golden pin when it loosens and drops in your gullet. But the cost of fixing a piercing that has gone wrong may be more and may be life-threatening. On that note, here are the 6 top dangers associated with the nose piercing. Piercing your nose can lead to a serious infection that can develop into other complications. An infection occurs when the materials used in piercing are not sterilized.

Any type of piercing presents certain challenges and dangers to the body. Facial piercings and lip piercings in particular may have some additional concerns you need to be aware of before you get pierced. Understanding these dangers can help you to avoid them and have a healthier, longer-lasting piercing. Many people have lip piercings that have little to no problems at all. This may be due in part to care taken by both the piercer and by the wearer of the piercing. Others have not been so lucky with their lip piercings, and have developed problems or complications which range from mild to serious.

The tongue, lips, nose, eyebrows, nipples, navel belly button , and genitals can all be pierced. Infection at the pierced site. Whenever the skin's protective barrier is broken, local skin infections from staph or strep bacteria are a risk. Of all the body sites commonly pierced, the navel is the most likely to become infected because of its shape. Infections can often be treated with good skin hygiene and antibiotic medications.

Patient information: See related handout on body piercing , written by the author of this article. The trend of body piercing at sites other than the earlobe has grown in popularity in the past decade. The tongue, lips, nose, eyebrows, nipples, navel, and genitals may be pierced. Complications of body piercing include local and systemic infections, poor cosmesis, and foreign body rejection.