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Complication after nipple-areolar complex tattooing performed by a non-medical person: A case report

BACKGROUND: Compared to earlier, there has been an increase in the tattoo procedures for cosmetic purposes; and there has also been an increase in the tattoo procedures performed by non-medical personnel. In South Korea, only tattoos performed by a doctor are considered legal; however, there is stil...

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Autores principales: Byeon, Je Yeon, Kim, Tae Hoon, Choi, Hwan-Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9791530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36579097
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i34.12781
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author Byeon, Je Yeon
Kim, Tae Hoon
Choi, Hwan-Jun
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description BACKGROUND: Compared to earlier, there has been an increase in the tattoo procedures for cosmetic purposes; and there has also been an increase in the tattoo procedures performed by non-medical personnel. In South Korea, only tattoos performed by a doctor are considered legal; however, there is still some debate over whether tattoo procedures performed by non-healthcare providers should be considered legal. CASE SUMMARY: A 28-year-old woman visited our hospital with pain in both nipples and heat sensation over the last 4 d. She had a history of a nipple tattoo performed by an unlicensed person. Pinpoint bleeding was noted in both areolar areas, and the exudate mixed with pus and orange color ink was discharged. Oral medication and tulle with foam dressing were performed under the impression of cellulitis and allergic reaction. After 4 wk, nipples remained dark brown in color, resulting in a color mismatch between the nipple and orange-colored areola. The size of the areola was also found to be distinctly asymmetrical after healing. This complication may have been caused by the use of illegal ink or unsanitary procedures, or a problem may have occurred in the post-tattoo management stage. CONCLUSION: Doctors use approved ink, aseptic procedure and appropriate postoperative care, and appropriate management can be performed in case of complications.
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spelling pubmed-97915302022-12-27 Complication after nipple-areolar complex tattooing performed by a non-medical person: A case report Byeon, Je Yeon Kim, Tae Hoon Choi, Hwan-Jun World J Clin Cases Case Report BACKGROUND: Compared to earlier, there has been an increase in the tattoo procedures for cosmetic purposes; and there has also been an increase in the tattoo procedures performed by non-medical personnel. In South Korea, only tattoos performed by a doctor are considered legal; however, there is still some debate over whether tattoo procedures performed by non-healthcare providers should be considered legal. CASE SUMMARY: A 28-year-old woman visited our hospital with pain in both nipples and heat sensation over the last 4 d. She had a history of a nipple tattoo performed by an unlicensed person. Pinpoint bleeding was noted in both areolar areas, and the exudate mixed with pus and orange color ink was discharged. Oral medication and tulle with foam dressing were performed under the impression of cellulitis and allergic reaction. After 4 wk, nipples remained dark brown in color, resulting in a color mismatch between the nipple and orange-colored areola. The size of the areola was also found to be distinctly asymmetrical after healing. This complication may have been caused by the use of illegal ink or unsanitary procedures, or a problem may have occurred in the post-tattoo management stage. CONCLUSION: Doctors use approved ink, aseptic procedure and appropriate postoperative care, and appropriate management can be performed in case of complications. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2022-12-06 2022-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9791530/ /pubmed/36579097 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i34.12781 Text en ©The Author(s) 2022. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial.
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title Complication after nipple-areolar complex tattooing performed by a non-medical person: A case report
title_full Complication after nipple-areolar complex tattooing performed by a non-medical person: A case report
title_fullStr Complication after nipple-areolar complex tattooing performed by a non-medical person: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Complication after nipple-areolar complex tattooing performed by a non-medical person: A case report
title_short Complication after nipple-areolar complex tattooing performed by a non-medical person: A case report
title_sort complication after nipple-areolar complex tattooing performed by a non-medical person: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9791530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36579097
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i34.12781
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