Piercing complication rate by site

Complications cluster in the slow-healing cartilage and navel placements, well above the all-sites baseline.

Piercing complication rate by siteComplications cluster in the slow-healing cartilage and navel placements, well above the all-sites baseline.All sites (baseline)17%Non-earlobe23%Cartilage / navel30–35%

Source: StatPearls, body piercing complications (NCBI) ↗

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