[1/2] @AmerAcadPeds release 1st Recs on #tattoos/bodymodif. I love my tattoos, but like many teens, I didn't feel..
https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages/AAP-Announces-Recommendations-on-Tattoos-Piercings-and-Body-Modifications.aspx …
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Replying to @PerisCast @AmerAcadPeds
It's NOT the first
#AAP17 statement on body modification. In 2012 AAP issued a statement supportive of nontherapeutic infant circumcision...2 replies 2 retweets 2 likes -
...even though all other major world associations of physicians are opposed. Danish Medical Ass'n calls it "ethically unacceptable"
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2012
#AAP17 circ policy says "benefits outweigh risks" but also says extent of the risks is unknown. Indefensible nonsense.#tweetiatricians3 replies 2 retweets 5 likes -
BTW, glad you like the tattoos you chose for yourself. How would you feel if someone forced you to get one?
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Replying to @cooney21 @AmerAcadPeds
Thanks for your reply. Circumcision is a different conversation that I am not trying to have at the moment
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Fine, then don't say the tattoo recommendations were the AAP's "first" on body modifs. AAP spreads far too much circ misinformation as it is
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