Health and regulation issues for body piercing

2008/07/08 by U. Esen · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · Arts and Humanities · Medicine · #Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications #Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies #Visual Culture and Art Theory #Computer science #Data science #Medicine

paper · doi:10.1136/bmj.a595

openalex publication_date 2008/07/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

Bone et al show that the prevalence of body piercing is increasing.1 The body piercing industry is poorly regulated, practitioners require no formal qualifications, and there are no formal training programmes. The Local Government Act 2003, which came into force in 2004, …

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