Event to celebrate

THE South Perth Community Partnership is hosting a celebration event for people i n the Craigie, Moncreiffe and Friarton areas.

The event will take place at Glenearn Community Campus, from 6pm-8pm on March 22 to recognise the contribution made by individuals and groups in the South Perth Community.

There will also be a chance to find out more about what these groups do.

Refreshments will also be provided and the event is open to all.

For more information, contact Gill Motion (01738 477674) or email gmotion@pkc.gov.uk.

Sara Gunning decided to get a “beauty spot” piercing above her lip around five weeks ago.

But she said that she started experiencing swelling around the piercing a few days ago when the ball on the end came off.

Sara, 34, said: “I’d never had a facial piercing done before.

“The shop where I had it done said to clean it with salty water and the cleaning solution they gave me, which I did.

“Then on Sunday, I touched my face and noticed the ball of the piercing had gone and my face had this big swelling around my lip.

“The piercing had gone into my lip and I had to go to hospital.”

Doctors at Ninewells spent an hour removing the bar from the inside of her lip.

And doctors were puzzled as to what had caused the swelling.

Bar worker Sara added: “The doctor said he had never seen anything like it. I went back to the

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