11 September 2026
: Case report
Three Pediatric Cases of Accidental Lip Entrapment, Laceration, and Tongue Injury From Motorized Electric Nail Trimmers
Management of emergency care, Patient complains / malpractice
Mohammed Harb Hommady AEF 1*, Abdullah Ali Alqahtani E 1, Abdullatif Gashaa Almalki E 1, Abdullah M. Al-Saleh E 1,2,3, Lafi Saleh Alanazi AEF 4, Omar Essam Tarabzoni AEF 4, Abdulrahman Khaled Abaalkhail E 1, Abdullah Ahmad Alatawi EF 1DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.953929
Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e953929
Figure 1 Case 1—Lower lip entrapment in a motorized electric nail trimmer in a 4-year-old girl and subsequent repair.(A) The device attached to the lower lip in the emergency department, with the lip drawn into the aperture on the underside of the device. The battery had already been disconnected, and a handheld rotary cutting tool (left) was applied to the outer casing away from the entrapped tissue; the surrounding face was protected by gauze. (B) The same device after the casing had been opened, showing the exposed battery and circuit board; the internal wheels were then manually rotated to release the lip. (C) The lower lip immediately after release, showing a deep, jagged, full-thickness laceration with tissue loss. (D) The same lip after irrigation and primary closure with 5-0 absorbable sutures under local infiltration anesthesia. All images were obtained during the index emergency department visit.






