So You Want A Tattoo? Do You Know The Dangers...

Health Tip - The Dangers of Tattoos "Tattooing"

Tattooing is an art form that has been used for centuries by tribal societies in religious rites. 


Tattooing was banned in Western culture for many years but today has become accepted as a decorative art of self expression.

A Tattoo is a permanent mark or design made on your skin with pigments inserted through pricks into the skin's top layer.

                                                
     

The Tattoo artist uses a hand-held machine that acts like a sewing machine, with one or more needles piercing the skin repeatedly. With every puncture, the needles insert tiny ink droplets.  

This process is done without anesthetics and may cause a small amount of bleeding and slight pain.

The some ingredients used in Tattooing is:  

• Denatured alcohols
• Methanol
• Rubbing alcohol
• Antifreeze
• Detergents
• Formaldehyde other highly aldehydes

Do you know that during the Tattooing process that 70% of persons begin hemorrhaging during the process. 

                 

The Dangers/Risks of Tattooing:     The Price of Ignorance

• Allergic reactions -Tattoo dyes, especially red, green, yellow and blue dyes can cause skin reactions, such as an itchy rash around the tattoo site and/or metal allergies
• Skin infections - May cause redness, swelling, pain and a pus-like drainage 
• Other skin problems - Sometimes bumps called granulomas form around tattoo ink. Tattooing can also lead to keloids (raised skin, overgrowth of scar tissue), malignant tumors, photosensitivity reactions
• Bloodborne disease - The instrument can be contaminated with infected blood , you can contract various bloodborne disease - tetanus, herpes simplex virus, staph, hepatitis B, hepatitis C,  HIV /AIDS, and syphilis
• MRI complications - Tattoos or permanent makeup (permanent eyeliner) might cause swelling or burning in the affected areas during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams. In rare cases tattoo pigments can interfere with the quality of the image.
• Temporary Henna Tattoos  - Can be problematic due to the dark brown dye para-phenylenediamine can cause delayed allergic reaction

A Historical Fact
The first documented case of reported syphilis, transmitted during tattooing was in 1853.

Do you know that the American Red Cross prohibits donors from donating blood for 12 months after getting tattooed?

Other Health Risks:

• Skin infections
• Psoriasis
• Dermatitis and other chronic skin conditions
• Tumors (both benign and malignant) 

Remember! 
Information is knowledge there is no Federal regulation to protect you against an unqualified tattoo artists. Few states have hygienic regulations to ensure safe tattooing practices in commercial tattoo parlors and even fewer monitor and enforce standards.

Be wise, is it really worth it?

For more information go to www.livestrong.com, www.mayoclinic.com
www.naturalnews.com, www.biblesbelivers.com, or www.ask.com



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