Health Risks Behind Tattooing

Tattoos are popular among many people who want to show their cool personalities through body art. It takes only about several hours to finish a tattoo work, but it's also a risky process to physical health. If tattoo tools are not sanitary enough, you may have the following problems.

infectious diseases

Such diseases, like hepatitis, are likely to spread through tattooing needles. American blood bank association ban the new tattooed people to donate blood till for one year considering virus infection. Various diseases, such as tuberculosis, AIDS, hepatitis, belong to blood transmitted infections disease through unqualified medical apparatus. Hepatitis C is the one that are easily overlooked, for it has no symptoms in early stage and it can not be checked out developed till  cirrhosis.

Allergies

Although skin allergy to tattoo pigment are rare, it will be very difficult to deal with once it happens. Such pigment would be hard to get rid of once implanted in human bodies. Allergic symptoms include itch and rash. For some people,the allergies may last for a few years.

Skin infections

It's reported that skin cancers, including melanoma, can happen in tattooed skin. Besides, the tattooing process can cause soft tissue injury and granuloma. Anti-wrinkle injection drugs may cause granuloma as well, so we should know that some beauty care drugs belong to"dangerous fashions".

MRI complications

Because of tattoo pigment's interference with MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), those who  have body tattoos, tattoo eyebrows and eyeliners may have swelling or burning symptoms on those tattooed parts that had been implanted with the pigment. It's caused by interactions between metal components in pigment and magnetic resonance. Therefore, patients should inform doctors  before MRI and appropriate measures could be taken to prevent complications.

Though tattoos are good fashion logos, the health risks behind should not be overlooked. Remember that wellness is an eternal logo for beauty.