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Millennials ditch engagement rings and instead pay $100 to have diamonds embedded in their fingers
Some millennials are ditching engagement rings in favor of embedding gems in their fingers.
'We notice lately a lot of people coming looking for that,' Sam Abbas, owner of NYC Ink Studio in West Village, explained to CBS New York. But with any piercing, Abbas explains that it is imperative to clean the piercing at least twice a day and have it done by a seasoned professional.
People participating in the trend have their fingers marked with a pen and then cleaned with alcohol. The person piercing will then remove a piece of skin and insert a titanium or gold anchor in for the gem.
Taking approximately 10 minutes, the cost of the procedure comes out to around $100 but the diamond is sold separately.
But Dermatologist, Dr. Monica Halem, raised other concerns when getting the piercing done.
'First of all, these procedures are not being done by a doctor, and it is a surgical procedure,' she said. 'There are a lot of important structures that sit right under the skin there that can easily be damaged, like tendons.'
Her most obvious concern: if the diamond were to snag.
Some millennials are ditching engagement rings in favor of embedding gems in their fingers.
'We notice lately a lot of people coming looking for that,' Sam Abbas, owner of NYC Ink Studio in West Village, explained to CBS New York. But with any piercing, Abbas explains that it is imperative to clean the piercing at least twice a day and have it done by a seasoned professional.
People participating in the trend have their fingers marked with a pen and then cleaned with alcohol. The person piercing will then remove a piece of skin and insert a titanium or gold anchor in for the gem.
Taking approximately 10 minutes, the cost of the procedure comes out to around $100 but the diamond is sold separately.
But Dermatologist, Dr. Monica Halem, raised other concerns when getting the piercing done.
'First of all, these procedures are not being done by a doctor, and it is a surgical procedure,' she said. 'There are a lot of important structures that sit right under the skin there that can easily be damaged, like tendons.'
Her most obvious concern: if the diamond were to snag.
