Abstract
Dyschromia is a change in the color of the skin due to the incorporation of pigments other than melanin. These may be the body’s own or foreign pigments, which can enter the skin systemically or percutaneously. Pigmentations caused by melanin are covered in the chapter “Disorders of Melanin Pigmentation.” The term “tattoo” is derived from the Tahitian “Tatu.” Tattoos are created by applying color pigments to or into the skin; they may be intended as decorative tattoos or may unintentionally appear as dirt or powder tattoos. Piercing is the introduction of jewellery into artificially produced skin openings, in particular in the ears, nose, lips, eyebrows, tongue, nipples, and genitals. While the ear-hole piercing has a long tradition in the Western culture, the practice of wider body piercing was limited to tribal practices of indigenous populations for a long time and spread only in the last decades in the European population, starting from the punk movement.
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Elsner, P. (2020). Dyschromias, Piercings, and Tattoos. In: Plewig, G., French, L., Ruzicka, T., Kaufmann, R., Hertl, M. (eds) Braun-Falco´s Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58713-3_70-1
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