Accidents - Wigs, falls or hairpieces - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,192
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2000:	35
Year 2001:	76
Year 2003:	69
Year 2004:	311
Year 2005:	106
Year 2006:	125
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	176
Year 2009:	196
Year 2010:	80

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	727	Eyeball:	208
All Of Body:	100	Shoulder:	59
Face:	35	Neck:	30
Hand:	15	Ankle:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/17/2010	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
A 44 YOF HAD BEEN WEARING HAIR EXTENSIONS, TODAY TOOK OFF AND FELT KNOW TO HEAD, DX FOLLICULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2010	Age: 29 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
29 YOF DERMATITIS SCALP, IRRITATION S/P HAVING NEW BRAIDS AND WEAVE PUT IN HER HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 48 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
PT TOOK OUT A WEAVE THAT WAS SEWN IN HAIR AND SCALP BECAME INFECTED DX. SCALP DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 48 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, Adhesives
PT HAD HAIRPEICE WEAVED IN AND GLUE USED AND NOW RASH TO HEAD AREA DX: RASH TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
RASH TO HEAD AFTER USING SYNTHETIC HAIR BRAIDS DX: DERMAT RASH TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 WEAVE IN FOR 2 WEEKS, TO ER WITH ODOR FROM SCALP, DX WOUND TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 48 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
RASH-C/O RASH AND BUMPS ON SCALP AFTER DAUGHTER PUT HAIR EXTENSIONS IN HER HAIR TWO DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
HEAVY HAIR WEAVE STYLE SHOULDER PAIN STRAIN LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PT SLIPPED ON HAIRPIECE AND TWISTED ANKLE. DX ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
NECK STR . PT STRAINED NECK WHEN TOSSING HAIR BACK AND LOST HER HAIR PI ECE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PT PUT ON A WIG AND DEVELOPED A RASH ONTO SCALP CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 46 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 HAS BEEN REMOVING(PULLING OFF) GLUED ON HAIR EXTENTIONS, PULLED OFF SOME OF OWN HAIR, PAINFUL SCALP, DX HEAD PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
39 YO FEMALE HAS ALLERGIC REACTION TO WIG LATEX ALLERGY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PT WAS GETTING HAIR WEAVE AND DEVELOPED ITCHING RASH ON BODY, DX ALLERG IC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE-C/O PAIN AND ITCHING TO LEFT EYE AFTER HAIR F ROM WIG SCRATCHED HER EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PT STATES HIT HAND 1 WK AGO ON A "HAIR PIECE", CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PT HAD HAIR BRAIDED WITH NEW SYNTHETIC HAIR, DEVELOPED NECK RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2005	Age: 36 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 WEARING TIGHT WIG DX: TENSION HEADACHE DUE TO WIG USE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
HAIR BRAID HIT HER IN THE EYE RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
SIDE OF HEAD HURTS SINCE USING HAIR PIECE. HEAD PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
39 YOF IS HAVING REACTION TO HAIR EXTENSIONS, HAS SHORTNESS OF BREATH A ND ITCHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 34 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
ALLERGIC DERMATITIS TO SCALP-C/O PAINFUL, ITCHY SORES ON SCALP AFTER HA VING SYNTHETIC HAIR WEAVE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PATIENT'S FACE WAS SWELLING, CELLULITIS AFTER USING ARTIFICIAL HAIR TO BRAID HER HAIR. DX-ALLERGIC REACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
WHILE GETIING IMITATION HAIR WEAVED INTO HEAD HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2004	Age: 31 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
PT C/O SORES/PUS IN HEAD AFTER WEARINGWIGFOR LON PERIOD OF TIME DX:SCALP DERMATITIS/INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
HAD HAIR EXTENSIONS PLACED 3 DAYS AGO CELLULTIS SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
45 YO FEMALE HAD HAIR EXTENSIONS PUT IN HEAD PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
47 YO F POKE IN EYES WITH HAIR PIECE, L EYE RED. DX LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/26/2001	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2000	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2000	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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