Update: Due to the original link not working, we got in touch with Time Out New York's publicist, who tells us that the magazine's editors are now amending their original story to report that Ms. Richardson is, according to sources, "brain dead and not expected to survive." In addition, the TONY publicist explains that their page is not loading due to heavy internet traffic.

Update 2: The NY Post is now also reporting the severity of Ms. Richardson's state.

Personnel at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, report extracting 52 foreign objects that 10 teenage girls deliberately embedded in their arms, hands, feet, ankles and necks over the last three years, including needles, staples, wood, stone, glass, pencil lead and a crayon. One patient had inserted 11 objects, including an unfolded metal paper clip more than 6 inches long.

Good Christ. Although the Trib reports that 13-24% of high school students deliberately injure themselves at least once, they do emphasize that embedding is an incredibly extreme version of this behavior and that "All the cases in the Ohio study involved girls living in foster homes, group homes or mental health facilities. Many had experienced or witnessed physical or sexual abuse, and most had been diagnosed with depression, anxiety or other mental health problems." Even so: we will not be able to look at a paper clip the same way again.

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Radiologists Uncover, Label New Teen Affliction [Chicago Tribune]

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