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A simple technique for ear piercing

1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 39; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70055-6

1097-6787

Anya Landeck, Nathan Newman, Jonith Y Breadon, Scott Zahner,

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies

Several different techniques for ear piercing have been described. They include (1) the use of an eyelet-type Teflon tube, 1 Inoue T Kurihara T Harashina T. Ear-piercing technique by using an eyelet-type Teflon piercer: (Eyelet-Piercer). Ann Plast Surg. 1993; 31: 159-161 Crossref PubMed Scopus (5) Google Scholar (2) an intravenous cannula stent or angiocatheter 2 Zackowski DA. An IV cannula stent for ear piercing. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1987; 80 ([letter]): 751 PubMed Google Scholar and magnetic earrings, 3 Matarasso SL Glogau RG. Surgical pearl: ear piercing facilitated by magnetic earrings. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1994; 31: 485-486 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (5) Google Scholar (3) a pair of surgical forceps that have been fashioned into an anvil, 4 Duffy MM. A simple instrument for ear piercing. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1967; 40: 92-93 Crossref PubMed Scopus (4) Google Scholar (4) a 14- or 16-gauge trocar needle antrum, 5 Goff WF. Ear piercing: By whom?. Eye Ear Nose Throat Mon. 1975; 54: 319 PubMed Google Scholar (5) piercing the ear from a posterior-to-anterior direction with the use of a needle 6 Bennett RG. Fundamentals of cutaneous surgery. in: CV Mosby, St Louis1988: 611-615 Google Scholar followed by placement of a wire loop, 7 Goldman L Kitzmiller KW. Earlobe piercing with needles and wires. Arch Dermatol. 1965; 92: 305-306 Crossref Scopus (4) Google Scholar and (6) the use of a spring-loaded piercing gun. Although each of these techniques is useful, they all have certain disadvantages. Some techniques require the use of special instruments that the dermatologic surgeon may not routinely have in the office. Others do not guarantee accurate placement of the earring either because of instrument interference with the surgeon’s view of the piercing site or from the use of the posterior-to-anterior piercing technique. Furthermore, the use of the spring-loaded ear-piercing guns is associated with embedded earrings. 8 Cockin J Finan P Powell M. A problem with ear piercing. Br Med J. 1977; 2: 1631 Crossref PubMed Scopus (6) Google Scholar , 9 Saleeby ER Rubin MG Youshock E Kleinsmith DM. Embedded foreign bodies presenting as earlobe keloids. J Dermatol Surg Oncol. 1984; 10: 902-904 Crossref PubMed Scopus (12) Google Scholar , 10 Muntz HR Pa CDJ Asher BF. Embedded earrings: a complication of the ear-piercing gun. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 1990; 19: 73-76 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (31) Google Scholar , 11 Cohen HA Nussinovitch M Straussberg R. Embedded earrings. Cutis. 1994; 53: 82 PubMed Google Scholar