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Traumatic tattoo from battery-operated earrings
M D Gibney1, S W Fosko, R J Segal
1Department of Dermatology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, Missouri, USA.
Cutis
|February 18, 1998
Abstract:
Traumatic tattoos result from accidental deposition of pigmented particles in the dermis. Battery-operated devices should be added to the list of situations in which traumatic tattoos may arise. In this case, an iron-containing tattoo was removed by Mohs' micrographic surgery with an acceptable cosmetic result.