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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 238
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 04/06/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces |
| 70 Y/O FEMALE WITH POSSIBLE WIG HAIR AND WIND INDUCED INJURY. DX SUBCONJUN;CTIVAL HEMORRAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces |
| PT'S WIG CAUGHT FIRED AND PT SUFFERED BURN TO SCALP. NO FD INVOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2009 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces |
| 86 YOF HEAD ITCHES FROM WEARING A WIG CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces |
| PT HAD TIGHT "WEAVE" IN HAIR, C/O OF HEAD PAIN, DX SCALP FOLLICULITIS W ITH FACIAL SWELLING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces |
| PT SUSAINED HEADACHE AFTER GETTING HAIR EXTENSIONS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces, Cosmetics |
| PT WAS WEARING A WIG THAT WAS ATTACHED WITH GLUE AND HAS A RASH AT HAIRLINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces |
| PT HAD HAIR EXTENSIONS 1 WEEK AGO, C/O SCALP IRRITATION, AWOKE W. FACIA L SWELLING DX: SCALP IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces |
| SCALP DERMATITIS-PT C/O ITCHING AND SORES ON HEAD AND NECK X 2 WEEKS, S INCE GETTING HAIR EXTENSIONS PUT IN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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