Did you think that a little button under the nose didn’t deserve to be stopped? Think again! In the area called “death triangle”, a harmless gesture can become an emergency. This triangle extends from the bridge of the nose to the corners of the mouth, an area that doctors fear when deciding to pierce a button. Several experts enlighten us.
Paralyzed after a simple button, his alert testimony
Lish Marie, mother of three in New York, was sent to the emergency room after piercing a button just under the nostril with her nails, in the “triangle of death”. In a few hours, she was paralyzed all over the left side of her face. She developed severe swelling, big pain and feared for her life. Arriving in the emergency room, doctors put it on four treatments, including two antibiotics.
“Death triangle”: why pierce a button near the nose can touch the brain
Dr. Gérald Kierzek recalls that the buttons appeared on this area should not be touched, located between the nose and the top of the lips. Because this part of the body is particularly at risk as the American dermatologist Joshua Zeichner explains, she houses one “Large vein that drains blood towards the brain“Configuring”A connection between our exterior and our interior“. The risk is therefore only by the skin, the infection can reach the brain and go to”spread throughout your body through blood circulation “.
Dr. Kierzek alerts the increased risk of handing out his pimples at this place of the face, “Due to the zone of the nose, which contains bacteria such as Streptococcus or staphylococcus a golden“. He continues:”This can cause an infectious risk and more specifically a risk of facial cellulite, which is an infection of the skin with risk of necrosis. There is particularly a danger of malignant staphylococcuia from the facewith destruction of tissues, damage to sinuses and potentially, the brain “
How to treat a button in this area?
Dermatologists advise against any manipulation in this area. For recurring or deep buttons, it is best to consult a dermatologist rather than trying self-treatment. In the event of swelling, extensive redness, fever or worrying symptom after handling, you should never delay in consulting in an emergency, as it can be one that infection and represent “medical, even surgical emergency“Concludes Dr. Gérald Kierzek.