Author/Authors :
alquorain, nada a. imam abdulrahman bin faisal university, Dammam, Saudi Arabia , alquorain, nada a. king fahd hospital of the university, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia , yousef, haneen a. king fahd hospital of the university, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia , yousef, haneen a. imam abdulrahman bin faisal university, Dammam, Saudi Arabia , aljabre, salih h. king fahd hospital of the university, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia , aljabre, salih h. imam abdulrahman bin faisal university, Dammam, Saudi Arabia , alakloby, omar m. imam abdulrahman bin faisal university, Dammam, Saudi Arabia , alakloby, omar m. king fahd hospital of the university, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia , al-natour, sahar h. king fahd hospital of the university, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia , al-natour, sahar h. imam abdulrahman bin faisal university, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
The interest in various cosmetic procedures is becoming a spreading concern to population of different age groups and genders. As a result of the popularity of cosmetic tattooing, drawbacks started to appear more often than before. We present a 48-year old Saudi lady, who developed a herpes infection of the lips following a cosmetic lip tattoo. The article describes the historical aspects of lip tattooing and reviews the reported complications.
