RumpusParable
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I've never done it, but can compare to surgical staples and then extrapolate. With surgical the risk of infection is minuscule (from the staples themselves, we won't compare aftercares here). With regular staples it is high. As another pointed out, they are dirty. Washing them would not remove enough of the grime on them and in all those little crevices to matter, really. Surgical staples are smaller, better material, and sharper whereas a regular staple is much larger, lower quality material, and very blunt (even the pointed tip ones, when talking about entering skin). Surgical staples can leave scars on some people; I have them on one arm and all down my back, though after so long they are white. A hardware style stapler would have a much higher tendency to cause scarring and to make larger scars. How much for either would depend on the skin of the bottom.
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