Facial hair and home oxygen therapy can prove a dangerously combustible combination, a Mayo Clinic report published in the medical journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings finds. To reach that conclusion, researchers reviewed home oxygen therapy-related burn cases and experimented with a mustachioed mannequin, a facial hair-free mannequin, nasal oxygen tubes and sparks. They found that facial hair raises the risk of home oxygen therapy-related burns, and encourage health care providers to counsel patients about the risk. For more information, see the Mayo Clinic News Network.
