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A member asked:

Should a person with lupus get a piercing? also, if they do, decide to get a peircing, would cellulitis be a common reaction?

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Dr. Al Hegab answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

Better not: Lupus patients usually are on some sort of immunosuppressants, meaning their immune system is bit compromised, skin integrity is part of intact immune system if it is breached can lead to skin inflammation or infection, cellulitis is one sort of such infection

Answered 6/16/2016

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