rate two or three times as fast as other types of tissues,
             infection rates from cosmetic perforations would likely be a much worse problem
             abundance of blood vessels in oral tissues also contributes to quicker
             associated with similar external epidermal trauma, but it also represents a
             correspondingly higher risk of infection.
             Compounding the dangers of perforating such delicate tissues is the
             environment of the mouth area itself, which is exposed to external toxins
             on a continual basis. Eating and drinking introduces bacteria and even the
             breath also carries potentially infective pathogens capable of causing
             Even though oral piercing is largely unregulated, it is a surgical
             with many of the general potential risks and post-surgical complications
             any other type of surgery. The prospect of complications is exacerbated by
             untrained practitioners (in effect) operating on delicate, nerve-rich,
             Infection is the first concern, precisely because the mouth plays
             variety of microbial organisms. The physiological swelling response of
             (the tongue in particular) can result in life-threatening airway
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