What health risks are invloved that you should consider before getting a tattoo?

Answer 1

1. Hepatitis and AIDs can be transmitted by a non-new needle.
2. Many people are allergic to the dye, particularly the red dye.
3. Tattoos will often cause keloids. If you are keloid-prone, you should not get a tattoo. Keloids are bumpy growths on the skin, usually arising from scar tissue areas. They can be removed but often grow back as a bigger keloid.
4. Tattoos don't stay pretty. They smear and fade. This is because your body considers the dye a foreign object. It has nothing to do with the quality of the dye. Cells divide.
5. Talk to older people you see who have tattoos and ask them about it. I don't know if you consider psychology a health issue, but many folks end up wanting the tattoo removed later. When it looks ugly or when their lives change.

Answer 2

You can get all sorts of diseases and conditions if your tattoo artist does not use a sterilized needle.