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TATUAJES Y “PIERCING”
TATTOOS AND PIERCING
L E VALLE*
SUMMARY In spite of being in the XXI century, several archaic codes of communication
language have been restablished.
Young people form their identity by peer interaction,
and tattoos and piercing...
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TATUAJES Y “PIERCING”
TATTOOS AND PIERCING
L E VALLE*
SUMMARY In spite of being in the XXI century, several archaic codes of communication
language have been restablished.
Young people form their identity by peer interaction,
and tattoos and piercing have their own codes interpreted by the group by whom are
exhibited.
Nowadays tattoos and piercing have taken their place among adolescents where they
have been reinstalled as “fashion” and widely accepted.
Also, there are used in marginal
populations such as drug users and prison inmates.
Having a tattoo and/or piercing implies
certain risks among which we are the transition of infectious diseases that could be localized
at the site of the tattoo/piercing, or generalized as viral infections such HIV, and hepatitis
A, B, or C.
Other possible complications are the appearance of allergic, hypersensitivity, lichenoid,
and granulomatous reactions, or the triggering of a first episode of psoriasis, lupus, etc.
In the recommendations to
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