My niece is heavily into body piercing,
and she came home and told my brother that she is now intending to
get a new body modification called a 'dermal teardrop'. My brother
wasn't really sure what this was and asked me to tell him if it was
actually safe or not since he knows I have done a fair amount of
research into piercings and what not. However, I wasn't too sure
about this one so I had to do a little research!
I already new that dermal anchors were
a method of surface piercing where the anchor is surgically placed
under the skin and the jewelry screwed onto a protrusion so I figured
it must be something like that. On further investigation I discovered
that a dermal teardrop was exactly that, but located just below the
eye so it looks like you are crying a diamond! It sounds pretty
right? However, there are of course ugly side effects!
Any time you mess with the eye region,
it makes me nervous. The eye is very delicate, and it actually does
not take very much to make you blind! In the case of the dermal
teardrop the biggest risk – like with most body modification – is
actually infection. However, this type of body modification is prone
to 'inward traveling infections'. In most situations, if a piercing
becomes infected it begins on the skin surrounding the wound. The
body is programmed to produce a duct to push the infection out
through the pores. However, with a dermal teardrop the infection
tends to grow in reverse which can often lead to the infected duct
bursting below the skin and allowing the infection to reach the
bloodstream. This means the infection can quickly spread throughout
the body very quickly and is often fatal.
Some more minor risks with this dermal
teardrop include heavy bruising. Any body modification usually
results in some bruising, but around the eyesocket is delicate and
often the dermal teardrop procedure results in dark bruising lasting
around 2 weeks. Not a good look for a teenage girl! Then of course we
have implant rejection risks. If the body decides to reject the
implant (after all any piercing is a foreign object) then the area
can become irritated and the skin will peel away until the implant
comes to the surface. Again, not a good look – I hear zombie chic
is so last season!
So after relaying this to my brother
who in turn told my niece.. Katy is no longer indulging in a dermal
teardrop. Not only because her father forbid her, but because she
actually wasn't aware of the risks and decided against it herself.
There is a lesson there. If you want a body modification, do your
homework!
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