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A member asked:
Does getting an ear piercing with a needle reduce the risk for keloids when compared to a gun?
7 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
No: There is no way predicting which method of ear piercing will give you keloid.We know that keloids are more common in dark skin people.
Answered 11/22/2013
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Probably equal risk: If a patient has a keloid tendancy, it probably doesn't matter which method of piercing is used, the risk should be the same.
Answered 6/27/2013
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Comparable: The risk of forming a keloid has more to do with your propensity to form a keloid than the type of needle used. Both techniques use needles and traumatize the skin in similar manners so the risk should be about the same.
Answered 10/4/2015
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Both use a needle: so they are comparable.
Answered 10/4/2015
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