01.30.08
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MICHAEL Wilson got his right nipple pierced because he thought it would look cool. But the 16-year-old was wrong, and now could bear a scar for the rest of his life.
Just four days after he had a barbell-shaped piece of jewellery pierced into his nipple, he was rushed to Albury Base Hospital for an emergency operation to have it removed because of a swelling.
But his trauma didn’t end there.
After the operation a major infection set in, causing his chest to swell significantly.
He had throbbing pain and the skin around his nipple turned black.
Antibiotics didn’t stem the spread of the infection.
“The swelling was really big. My whole chest on the right side was swelling up and there was throbbing, and this stinging pain was there. And I was taking painkillers and antibiotics, and they weren’t working,” Michael, of Epping, said.
His parents, Faye and Steve, became worried, and when he was checked into the Northern Hospital in Epping last week doctors were stunned by what they saw.
He was operated on to clean the wound and, importantly, stop the infection spreading to his blood.
“They couldn’t work out why I had taken so long to go to hospital and said it was just in time, as the infection would have spread into my blood,” Michael said.
“I just thought it would go away . . . but I was wrong.”
Ms Wilson said she and Mr Wilson had been reluctant to give permission for the piercing, because they did not believe a 16-year-old was responsible enough to care for it.
“We reluctantly agreed, but he would have gone off and done it anyway, as he’s a 16-year-old and at that age they think they know it all,” she said. “. . . the people who did the piercing just made him sign this waiver absolving them of all responsibility.”
Michael said he knew now that 16 was too young for a piercing.
“I mean, you can’t get your licence until you are 18. And I definitely won’t be getting any more piercings in my lifetime.”
Michael might need cosmetic surgery at a later date.
Under a proposed State Government crackdown, it will be illegal for 16-year-olds to have piercings done without the written approval of their parents.
Intimate piercings, such as to the genitals or chest, will be banned.
Operators who pierce people under 18 in the genital area or chest face fines of up to $2000 under laws the Government hopes will come into effect this year.
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Dozens of tattoo parlors and businesses that offer body piercing and other permanent cosmetic procedures in Castro Valley and throughout unincorporated Alameda County may soon come under increased hygienic scrutiny.
An ordinance that would regulate health standards for such shops came before the supervisors’ unincorporated services meeting in San Lorenzo last week. It is aimed at minimizing the possibility of spreading such blood-borne diseases as hepatitis C and HIV among body-art customers.
“We’re looking at implementing annual inspections that would cost $100 to $200 to cover everything in the ordinance,” said William Pitcher, of Alameda County’s Environmental Health Department. “We don’t expect this to be a big program, but we’d like to get a lot of these shops under surveillance.”
According to Pitcher, 60 to 70 body art shops exist in the unincorporated areas including San Lorenzo, South Hayward, Castro Valley and parts of Berkeley.
The new ordinance will come before the full board of supervisors this spring. If passed, businesses that failed to comply could have their permits revoked, face misdemeanor citations and even criminal complaints, with additional administration fees.
“I was actually impressed with the rough draft I saw,” said Mel Speed, who operates the only body-art shop in Castro Valley. “All in all, I was pleased with the concept and the things they want to do.”
Some four years ago, when Speed opened his shop, he based his operation on research he did into regulations already implemented in nearby cities and counties. “So I’m about 99.9 percent in compliance with what’s being proposed already,” he said.
Speed hopes the ordinance will encourage other body art shops to be mindful of customer health and safety, “There’s really not a day that goes by when we address a bad tattoo or piercing done at some other shop,” he said.
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NEW DELHI: With unusually strong cold wave conditions persisting all over north India, daily life has been affected across the region.
Weathermen have predicted that temperatures may plummet further by the weekend and may hit zero degrees on Friday.
The minimum temperature in the national capital on Tuesday climbed to 5.2 degrees bringing some respite to millions after a cold wave for over a week.
An official of the India Meteorological Department said that the sudden fluctuation in weather is not uncommon. Tuesday is much warmer than the last few days but the temperature will drop substantially in a day or two.
On Tuesday, Delhi recorded a minimum of 5.2 degrees Celsius (three degrees below normal), as against 2.3 degrees on Monday. Tuesday was the coldest Jan 29 for Delhi in five years. In 2007, the minimum temperature was 12 degrees on January 29.
“The minimum temperature is likely to go down below two degrees soon,” the official added.
However, thousands of tiny tots in Delhi, facing a tough time leaving for schools amid chill in the morning, will have some respite as the government-run primary schools will remain closed for three days from Wednesday.
“It is too cold and we have asked government primary schools to announce holiday for three days,” Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on the sideline of a function in New Delhi on Tuesday.
However, the IMD official said the cold wave condition might not last more than a week.
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01.11.08
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A Geelong piercing operator is backing plans to ban intimate piercings for under-18s, as the State Government calls for public comment on the proposal.
Acting Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls yesterday announced the Government would seek community input on the proposed legislation banning intimate body piercings on people under the age of 18.
The legislation would also require parental consent for non-intimate body piercing on people under the age of 16.
Mr Hulls said feedback from young people, the body art industry, community groups, health practitioners and parents was important for shaping the legislation.
For local piercing operator Geoff Polley, who owns Body Pleasure Piercing in Little Malop St, the bans can’t come soon enough.
“It’s a brilliant idea,” he said.
“It’s something we’ve been trying to get for years and years.”
Mr Polley said yesterday he had been calling for these laws for more than a decade and said they would be welcomed by most people in the piercing industry.
He said his business already had a policy of not performing intimate piercings, such as genital piercings, on people under the age of 18; as well as requiring parental permission for any kind of piercing for under-16s.
But he said many young teenagers still came in wanting intimate piercings.
He said having laws to back up his policy would make life much easier for him and many other piercing operators.
Mr Hulls said yesterday tattooing and body piercing was becoming increasingly popular and the Victorian Government had an obligation to protect community health and welfare, especially of the young.
“The proposed reforms are designed to involve parents and guardians in discussions and decision-making with young people about body piercing,” he said.
“Our concern is the safety of minors.
“The possible health implications associated with body piercing can include the transmission of blood-borne viruses, infection, scarring and nerve damage.”
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TEENAGERS will be asked to help the State Government develop laws banning them from getting intimate body piercings.
Parents, body piercers and health workers have also been asked to help shape legislation making it illegal for anyone under 16 to get a navel, tongue or eyebrow piercing without written approval from a parent or guardian.
Operators who pierce a person under 18 in the genitals or chest face fines up to $2000 under laws to be introduced this year.
Acting Premier Rob Hulls will today call for feedback about the laws.
“Our concern is the safety of minors,” Mr Hulls said.
“The possible health implications associated with body piercing can include transmission of blood-borne viruses, scarring and nerve damage.
“We realise that we also need to take into account the complex legal and cultural issues surrounding piercing and tattooing.”
The Government only moved to ban body piercing for teenagers after they were caught flat-footed by the Nationals, who last year introduced a private member’s Bill seeking mandatory parental consent for teenagers wanting to have a body piercing.
Concern about the issue was sparked by a surge in the popularity of piercings and tattoos, including a growing number of schoolchildren with potentially fatal infections from botched nipple, tongue and genital piercings.
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The nationwide death toll due to piercing cold wave have touched 100 with three fresh deaths reported from Uttar Pradesh and one from Kashmir.
According to an All India Radio (AIR) report, the fresh casualties in UP, which took the toll due to the cold wave sweeping the state to 80, included two deaths in Siddharthnagar and one in Sultanpur district.
Gorakhpur stood the coldest with the minimum temperature at 5.8 degree.
One person was killed as the entire Kashmir valley, including Srinagar and world famous skii resort of Gulmarg experienced moderate to heavy snowfall during the last three days.
Meanwhile, Traffic was partially resumed on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway last evening after it remained suspended since Saturday following heavy snow fall.
About a dozen roads in north Kashmir were still closed for traffic following one foot to three feet of snowfall.
A traffic police official said last night that following improvement in the weather, stranded vehicles between Banbihal to Ramban were allowed to proceed towards Srinagar.
He said all the stranded vehicles would be cleared before allowing fresh traffic from Srinagar and Jammu, subject to road conditions.
Delhiites got some respite from the sweeping cold wave with minimum temperature in the national capital rising to 7.4 degrees Celsius.
The maximum temperature was recorded at 23.1 degrees.
Several incoming and outgoing flights were delayed for the fourth consecutive day Sunday due to low visibility at both the international and domestic airports in Delhi.
In the north-west plains, the mercury further rose following cloudy weather, even as parts of Punjab and Haryana had traces of rainfall.
Amritsar, which recorded a minimum temperature of 5.2 degrees elsius, experienced light showers Sunday.
Chandigarh, Ambala and a few other places in the plains reported traces of rain in the early hours.
In Himachal Pradesh, the high altitude areas in tribal district of Lahaul Spiti and Pangi and Bharmour areas in Chamba district had another spell of snowfall since Saturday.
The entire tribal belt was under the impact of freezing cold wave conditions with Kalpa in tribal Kinnaur district recording the minimum temperature at minus 1.0 degrees.
The 13,050-foot high Rohtang Pass also had moderate snowfall, intensifying cold conditions in Kullu district.
The night temperatures also increased in Haryana with Karnal showing 10.2 degrees, Ambala 8.7 degrees, Hisar 9.2 degrees and Narnaul 7.3 degrees.
In Manipur, the mercury level rose slightly giving some respite to people from the biting cold with the state recording a minimum temperature at 6.3 degrees and the maximum at 23.6 degrees.
The weatherman said mainly dry weather prevailed in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan, Gujarat, Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwda, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Andaman and Nicobar.
Night temperatures were appreciably to markedly below normal in some parts of Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, south Madhya Maharashtra, coastal and interior Karnataka and were below normal in some parts of Jharkhand, Konkan, Goa coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and remaining parts of interior Karnataka.
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