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Infections expose dangers of piercing.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 28-FEB-04 		Format: Online - approximately 832 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Infections expose dangers of piercing.(Health)(After an outbreak in Klamath Falls in 2000, officials pinpoint the greatest risk factors)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard

Charles Bianchi, owner of a Eugene tattoo and piercing parlor, has two simple rules for prospective piercees:

Rule No. 1: "Never get pierced in a mall."

Rule No. 2: "Never trust anyone piercing with a gun."

If only Klamath Falls teens had followed Bianchi's advice back in 2000. They got pierced at a jewelry kiosk in the Jefferson Square Mall by piercers using a piercing gun. As many as 25 developed nasty ear infections in their upper ear cartilage that left some permanently disfigured.

The story of the outbreak was published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. William Keene, an epidemiologist with the state Department of Human Services, was the lead author.

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