And here we have the “It’s a slow day so let’s recycle some inaccurate and blatantly wrong junk”
Problems over botched body piercings could be a “substantial burden”
Define ‘substantial’. And if you want a ‘burden’ look at tobacco, alcohol, hospital acquired infections to name but 3. In fact if you want the biggest burden it’s medicine for letting people live longer and becoming a burden on the State and Health Services. What about speeding drivers? The Govt could minimise that by taking such an offence seriously because right now they do not. What about sports? That’s voluntary, might need specialist equipment, can be done while drunk, unfit – check the local Accident & Emergency on a Saturday afternoon. If you stay til the evening you can see the drunks who aren’t just a burden but insult and abuse staff. I really don’t think someone who need 50p’s worth of antibiotics is a ‘burden’.
Just over a quarter of people reported complications, including swelling, infection and bleeding.
If those 3 items are deemed complications then surely the number of people should be closer to 100%. I cannot remember a single piece of skin which had no reaction to being punctured by a big needle. And if they are counted as complications then every single invasive procedure must also be counted as having complications. This article implies that if a procedure is carried out in a specialist place by specialist people then all will go beautifully with zero complications. Like that’s true.
Many avoid specialist clinics, and face greater risks piercing themselves, or trusting friends or relatives.
There are specialist clinics? Where? And if you want to talk about greater risks, what about the fact that more and more people are becoming DIY dentists because the Govt does not care to get enough on the NHS.
That whole article is junk, pure dross. Anyone can get any figure and create a scare story about it, anyone can pretend that something mundane is a risk, a complication, a danger. Why does the BBC feel obliged to trot this garbage out every so often? Did an editor’s child get a piercing and they want to Send A Message to Everyone Else?
What the BBC are actually saying is “It may be your body but you should not treat it the way you want”. Since when did we give them permission to dictate to us?
Skin. It’ll wrinkle, go brown, develop moles, get cuts and bruises yet heal perfectly. It has evolved over thousands of years to be as good as it currently is. If someone wants to cut it, get or make holes in it, burn it, hang from it or get it coloured in they should be allowed to do so. Their body, their risk and part of being a society is helping anyone who has taken any risk and become damaged in the result – even the stupid doing things like speeding.
The BBC really should get more of a clue because nonsense like this makes a mockery of the fact their saying they are the best at what they do.