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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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Journal of Brown Hospital MedicineSarcoidosis is a chronic, multisystem inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. Skin involvement occurs in about 20-30% of cases. We describe a young man with fevers, night sweats and chest pain who was eventually diagnosed with cutaneous sarcoidosis.
Vijairam Selvaraj, Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie
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Dermatology Online Journal, 2009 Several malignant lesions have been reported in association with tattoos, including basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas and melanoma. We report a keratoacanthoma arising in a recent tattoo. A 60-year-old woman presented with a tumor on her right leg, over an area of red pigment in a professional tattoo.
Gon, Airton S +2 more
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on 576 interviews with incarcerated men and 131 correctional staff across five Western Canadian prisons, we reconceptualize the prison code as subcultural law, documenting the “informal prisoner justice system” as its enforcement arm. Although scholars have treated the code primarily as cultural values prescribing loyalty, silence, and
Luca Berardi +3 more
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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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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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Contact Allergens Relevant to LGBTQI Populations: A Narrative Review and Practical Considerations
Australasian Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is a common inflammatory skin disorder with significant morbidity across populations. Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, including LGBTQI populations, are exposed to unique allergens due to gender‐affirming medical therapies, surgical interventions, cosmetics and grooming practices, sexual health ...
Nicholas van Rooij
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Tattoo: a multifaceted medium of communication
MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2010 This article suggests the systems theoretical distinction of form/medium as a useful tool for distinguishing social phenomena that might look as if they stem from the same process. This is shown to be the case for the tattoo and tattooing.
Christian Wymann
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Allergy, EarlyView.Cobalt chloride (CoCl2) and cobalt nanoparticles (CoNPs) induce a shared, severity‐dependent inflammatory response in cobalt‐sensitized skin characterized by activation of interferon signaling, inflammatory pathways (TNF/NF‐κβ, IL6‐STAT3), apoptosis/UPR, cell cycle programs, and glycolysis.
Paulina Werner +8 more
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THE DRAWING WASN'T AN ORNAMENT, IT WAS A WRITING
Travessias, 2008 This work searchs to articulate the body and the writing. It has those that compare the author with the figure of the tatuador and literature to the tattooing.
Venus Brasileira Couy
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