Pediatria pre prax 4/2010
Piercing – a modern phenomenon of adolescents
The text describes piercing as one of modern techniques of human body painting. Materials used for piercing are mainly surgical steel, silver, gold and other kind of precious metals. Piercing may cause health risks including infections, allergic reactions or functional disorders. It is popular especially with teenagers who should be aware of this health affecting procedure before they decide to go through with this.
Keywords: piercing, metals, contact dermatitis.
