Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

From kneecap necklaces to umbilical cord keepsakes: the risks of keeping and consuming human tissue

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University

Celebrity outfits and endorsements often dominate social media, but Elton John recently drew attention for a very different reason. The musician has been spotted wearing jewellery made from his own kneecaps.

After a double knee replacement in 2024, he asked his surgeon if he could keep his patellae, the bones at the front of the knee, and later worked with jeweller Theo Fennell to turn them into wearable pieces.

While jewellery made from kneecaps is unusual, it raises a broader question: what happens to tissue…

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