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Popularity of body modifications and knowledge about their complications among young adults
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017 Background and objectives. Body modifications are practices leading to transient or permanent change of various parts of human body. The most popular forms of body modifications are: tattooing and piercing.
Joanna Pekar +4 more
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ASSOCIATION OF AGGRESSION BETWEEN TATTOOING AND BODY PIERCING AMONG COLLEGE GOING WOMEN
Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing, 2017 Tattooing and body piercing have been empirically associated with several deviant behaviors and criminality. Body modification had eventually been associated with antisocial personalities, addictive behavior, substance abuse; rebellion, aggression ...
Anumol Joseph +6 more
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A novel polymer platform for endoscopic tattooing with high efficacy and safety
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyEndoscopic tattooing plays a pivotal role in modern endoscopic localization of gastrointestinal lesions, facilitating further surgical intervention and aiding in the postoperative identification and repositioning of lesions.
Liang Zhang +6 more
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Forehead Bindi Tattoo Removal using the R20 Technique with Low-fluence Q-switched Nd: YAG Laser: A Case Series [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchA bindi tattoo on the forehead is a cultural practice among Indian women, particularly in rural areas. Some individuals may choose to remove a bindi tattoo for personal reasons, such as a change in style, appearance, or a shift in their identity.
Manjeet Naresh Ramteke +1 more
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Tattoo as an object of sociological interest: Some functional features in the contemporary society
RUDN journal of SociologyEven with the most “naked” eye it is difficult not to notice the growing prevalence of tattoos in the Russian society (beyond any generational, gender, professional or social boundaries), which makes tattooing an important object of sociological analysis
I. V. Trotsuk, V. A. Voronina
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Scientific ReportsTattoos are widespread in the population. Tattoo inks, which contain a variety of ingredients among them hazardous compounds such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metals and nanoparticles and that are made for injection into the skin, are not ...
Kirsten Reddersen +3 more
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TATTOOS OF CATHOLICS IN CENTRAL BOSNIA – SYMBOLIC ORNAMENT OF THE BODY AND SOUL [PDF]
Hum, 2017 Traditional tattooing custom represents an important ethnological unit in the cultural history of BiH. Permanent puncturing of skin, mostly practiced with the female part of population, is an anthropological specific phenomenon of Catholics from Central ...
Toni Herceg
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Infections associated with body modification
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2012 Although exact statistics are lacking, body modifications for cosmetic purposes are performed in many countries. The commonest forms include tattooing, body piercing, and breast and facial augmentation using implants or injectable fillers.
Samson Sai-Yin Wong +2 more
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Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2012 I read, with keen interest, the CMAJ article “Tattoo reactions as a sign of sarcoidosis,” which described granulomatous tattoo reaction in a patient with systemic sarcoidosis.[1][1] Tattoo sarcoidosis has been known for more than half a century, although only a few cases have been described ...
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Les tatouages juvéniles en Kabylie, une forme d’expression culturelle, identitaire et patrimoniale
UssnanTattooing has often been the subject of reflection for the social sciences. Tattooing denotes a worldwide social phenomenon, a practice and an action. The objective of this study is to answer the questions asked about juvenile tattooing and its link to ...
Ismail GUERMOUCHE
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