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Gippsland tattoo artist urges caution after young teen's 'dangerous' tongue piercing infection

A Victorian tattoo artist and body piercer is urging people to be careful of "backyard" operators after a teenage girl came to his shop with a potentially serious tongue infection. 

Artist James Brown told ABC Gippsland Breakfast the 13-year-old girl appeared at his parlour last week with the wrong type of tongue piercing.

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