Made up by makeup—A case report about an exceptional kind of self-inflicted “injuries”

Mauf, Sabrina; Martinez, Rosa Maria; Thali, Michael J.; Bärtsch, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.10.027

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“…Low-intensity forces do not produce these injuries, so usually, they are made with the help of other people but by highly organized criminal gangs, including different people, which can reproduce different fracture patterns precisely [7,12]. Mauf et al report a case where the "victim" was a nurse, used her knowledge to describe the needed symptoms for her injuries, and made the injuries with the help of makeup [13]. The injuries might sometimes be fabricated firearm wounds [14] or have serious health consequences and even fatal outcomes [15].…”

Section: Figure 4: Self-inflicted Incised Wound On the Eyebrow Discus...mentioning

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Self-Mutilation: A Way to Protect Yourself From a Committed Crime or to Gain Personal Benefits

Mileva,

Goshev,

Georgieva

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Self-mutilation refers to the state in which a person deliberately hurts himself without the intention to commit suicide but with the motive of some personal gain. Four cases are described in the current study with four different personal motives -drug supply, accusation of intimate partner violence, confrontation of parental prohibition, and a way to hide and escape from a committed crime. Evaluating the injuries due to self-mutilation might be challenging due to atypical lesions and well-structured false stories when the victim has some level of competency. Careful analysis of the victim's story and a thorough evaluation of the sustained injuries are needed. If doubts about artificial injuries exist, immediate consultation with a forensic pathologist is required.

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Section: Figure 4: Self-inflicted Incised Wound On the Eyebrow Discus...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Mutilation: A Way to Protect Yourself From a Committed Crime or to Gain Personal Benefits

Mileva,

Goshev,

Georgieva

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Factitious Skin Disorders Without External Incentives

Bonamonte,

De Marco,

Angelini

2024

Psychocutaneous Diseases

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Make-up and love bites: two reports about exceptional cases of self-inflicted “injuries”

Blaas

Manhart

Büttner

2016

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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Self-inflicted injuries and their differentiation from inflicted injuries may have severe legal implications. The detection of these injuries is an important task in clinical forensic medicine. We present two cases of skin discolorations caused by using make-up and suction of the skin which have only rarely been reported. In the first case a 19-year-old woman asserted she was punched against her left clavicle and her right eye by a perpetrator, and that during the following forced sexual intercourse she had been bitten on the neck. On medicolegal examination 3 days later dark blue, shimmering discolorations at her right eyebrow, the left side of the neck and the left clavicle were seen. At first sight these discolorations appeared as bruises; however, they could easily be removed by a simple wipe with a finger. In the second reported case a 23-year-old woman reported she had been assaulted by two men who forcefully pressed her against a wall, partially undressed her and forced her to touch and rub one man's penis. Medicolegal examination 32 h after the incident revealed several round to oval shaped, reddish to brown discolorations on both of her upper arms resembling so-called love bites created by suction. In both cases the preliminary investigation by the public prosecutor were closed. However, case 1 is still subject to legal investigations due to false incrimination. Self-infliction of injuries should always be considered in forensic examinations, even if they do not follow the classical pattern.

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Made up by makeup—A case report about an exceptional kind of self-inflicted “injuries”

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Self-Mutilation: A Way to Protect Yourself From a Committed Crime or to Gain Personal Benefits

Self-Mutilation: A Way to Protect Yourself From a Committed Crime or to Gain Personal Benefits

Factitious Skin Disorders Without External Incentives

Make-up and love bites: two reports about exceptional cases of self-inflicted “injuries”

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