Tattoos: Are they safe?

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Are you looking forward to getting a tattoo but wondering whether it’s safe for you not? If yes then this post can really be of some help. Getting a tattoo for the first time can be quite nerve-racking, especially, if you’re quite cognizant about your dermal health, or have had a history of nasty skin infection. No matter what’s the purpose behind getting yourself branded, it’s always fair to give some time to consider if it’s an apt choice, so that you may not have to go through the pain of  having it removed later in life.  And trust me…getting a tattoo is far much easier than having it removed. The later may involve paying several trips to a laser clinic, which, besides being painful, can be quite an expensive deal too.

Tattoos are fashioned with a film of ink impressed onto the dermis layer of skin with repetitive needle pokes from a  hand-held electric machine, and thus involves an ample risk of infection, blood loss and pain, as is usually the case with any procedure requiring introduction of foreign chemicals and/or needles into the skin. Modern tattooists curtail the risks by following conventional precautions, often working with disposable items, and sterilizing their tools after each use.

With amateur tattooing, such as that practiced in prisons, the risk of infection is even much more elevated, the major risk factor being the use of unsterilized tattoo equipment and contaminated ink. Possible complications include infections of the skin, hepatitis, herpes , HIV, staph, tetanus, and even tuberculosis. And trust me amateur tattooing is not just limited to prisoners. You might have got no idea of how many people regularly search about self-tattooing on internet. Every now and then, I see threads related to self-tattooing on health and lifestyle discussion boards, probably posted by some Ignorant teens who’re unaware of the fatalities concerned with this activity. Tattoos are best done by a trained tattoo artist who’s got a bona fide training in the use and sterilization of equipments.  There is no safe way to do a tattoo on oneself, and those who stubbornly indulge into this life-threatening activity suffer later with a large number of nasty infections and resulting complications that may even turn fatal.

I come across queries of some women on sexual forums  who wonder if it is safe to get a tattoo anywhere on the breast! If I were a women I’d certainly freak out at the idea of someone poking needles all over my sensitive breast skin, but then for those women out there with a wild fetish for body art, I’d only say that breast tattooing is just as safe as getting a tattoo anywhere else on the body. Precautions should be however taken by those who think they’re gonna get pregnant, and hold off until they’re done with having kids.

Overall, tattoos are not bad to have if both you and the artist take proper precautions.