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Girl's Breast Removed after Body Piercing Went Wrong
24-Hour News 8 has a graphic story of one girl's body piercing gone terribly wrong. She's doing better now, but that's after she rushed herself to the emergency room. Doctors told her mother they'd have to remove her breast. They say had she waited just four more hours, she may not have survived.
Wiping tears from her face, Stephanie Edington never imagined so many surgeries after a body-piercing at Neon Novelty in Crawfordsville.
"It was just swollen all the way up to my collar bone and all the way out," said Stephanie.
Doctors had to remove her left breast. The shop's owner would not comment, but News 8 spoke to his brother by phone.
"I think it's a poor family that's trying to find a scapegoat for somebody to pay their medical bills to be honest with you, because I have never heard of this happening," said Jack West.
"She wasn't given any after care instructions. We didn't know what it was," explained Stephanie's mother Pamela Osban.
"I really find that hard to believe," said West.
We asked him if she was told to just simply wash with soap and water.
"I really doubt that. Bob is very thorough," West told us. But he wasn't certified.
"It puts not only a scar on the person, it scars up our profession. It scars up the industry," said body piercer Casey Staton.
Staton has been doing body piercing for eight years at a different shop.
"Either the shop has not been sterile or the person is touching it afterward and not following the after care instructions. It's really hard to tell which side failed or if they both did. It's mind-boggling," said Staton.
One university study showed more than half of the college students surveyed across several universities had a body piercing. Nearly one out of every five had problems.
Stephanie wishes she'd never had it done.
"Just be aware of what can happen 'cause it's not just as harmless as you think," she told us.
Our news-gathering partners at The Paper of Montgomery County found out Stephanie is one of only three cases of such a rare infection in her breast. She still has at least a year's worth of surgeries to go through.
Meanwhile, Neon Novelty says it cleared an inspection with the health department, the person who pierced Edington is no longer there, and that the new body piercer is certified.
WISH-TV - Indianapolis News and Weather - Girl's Breast Removed after Body Piercing Went Wrong
24-Hour News 8 has a graphic story of one girl's body piercing gone terribly wrong. She's doing better now, but that's after she rushed herself to the emergency room. Doctors told her mother they'd have to remove her breast. They say had she waited just four more hours, she may not have survived.
Wiping tears from her face, Stephanie Edington never imagined so many surgeries after a body-piercing at Neon Novelty in Crawfordsville.
"It was just swollen all the way up to my collar bone and all the way out," said Stephanie.
Doctors had to remove her left breast. The shop's owner would not comment, but News 8 spoke to his brother by phone.
"I think it's a poor family that's trying to find a scapegoat for somebody to pay their medical bills to be honest with you, because I have never heard of this happening," said Jack West.
"She wasn't given any after care instructions. We didn't know what it was," explained Stephanie's mother Pamela Osban.
"I really find that hard to believe," said West.
We asked him if she was told to just simply wash with soap and water.
"I really doubt that. Bob is very thorough," West told us. But he wasn't certified.
"It puts not only a scar on the person, it scars up our profession. It scars up the industry," said body piercer Casey Staton.
Staton has been doing body piercing for eight years at a different shop.
"Either the shop has not been sterile or the person is touching it afterward and not following the after care instructions. It's really hard to tell which side failed or if they both did. It's mind-boggling," said Staton.
One university study showed more than half of the college students surveyed across several universities had a body piercing. Nearly one out of every five had problems.
Stephanie wishes she'd never had it done.
"Just be aware of what can happen 'cause it's not just as harmless as you think," she told us.
Our news-gathering partners at The Paper of Montgomery County found out Stephanie is one of only three cases of such a rare infection in her breast. She still has at least a year's worth of surgeries to go through.
Meanwhile, Neon Novelty says it cleared an inspection with the health department, the person who pierced Edington is no longer there, and that the new body piercer is certified.
WISH-TV - Indianapolis News and Weather - Girl's Breast Removed after Body Piercing Went Wrong
