Like a lot of women, Audree Kopp used to wear hair ties around her wrist without thinking twice. But last month, in the midst of the chaos of moving into a new home, she noticed a growing bump on her ...

A Louisville, Kentucky woman required surgery after an abscess grew on the back of her wrist after wearing a hair-tie on her wrist for too long, according to WLKY. Audree Kopp noticed a growing bump ...

Is nothing safe anymore? How many times have you put a hair tie around your wrist because you knew you would need it later? Because you knew you would lose one of those things if you didn't? I know I ...

Do you have a hair band on your wrist? NBC’s The Today Show is reporting that the popular habit of wearing a hair band on your wrist could be more harmful than you realize. The Today Show reports that ...

An abscess occurs when an infection causes a pocket of pus to develop. Abscesses can develop on the skin, in the mouth, or inside the body. Bacterial infections typically cause abscesses. Pus develops ...

A cyst is a sac or cavity that may be filled with pus, semi-solid material, or air. It doesn’t usually cause pain until it gets large. An abscess is a painful, red infection that’s filled with pus. A ...

You may not think you’re a risk taker, but it turns out, you’re probably taking a life-threatening risk every day. Wearing a hair-tie around your wrist is something women do all the time, however, for ...