several different people have told me writing on my skin can cause blood/lead poisoning. I don't believe it .... nope nope. I've been doing it for years hasn't killed me yet. I know it doesn't look great, having pen scribbles all over your hand, and that's one reason I've been told to wash it off. But some people say it can acutally be bad..... phhbt. whadda you think?
2006-09-05 05:42:34 · 22 answers · asked by Maybur 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
nah i write on my hands all the time i doodle on my hands and make funny faces and crap so o wells lol I live life on the edge.....I WRITE ON MY HANDS!!!!!!!! lol
2006-09-05 05:45:34 · answer #1 · answered by csib424 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can be. Ask your doctor.
It's like smoking cigarettes. Some people can write on their arms with pen ink for 70 years and have no problems. However, prolonged behavior of this sort will hurt the majority of people that do do this. Just becuase you haven't had problems up till now doesn't mean you won't in the future. It also has to do with the amount of writing you're doing each time. If you're simply writing a phone number or somthing small, then chances are less that you will be harmed. If you are drawing elaborate tatoos, then your chances are greater of becoming harmed...lastly, it depends on the ink you're using. Most pens today have a non-toxic ink in them. Whereas, ink on older pens may be quite toxic to your skin and blood. A lot of factors. I say, either get a proper tatoo or live without marks on your body.
Use your judgement, and even ask you doc!
Good luck!
2006-09-05 05:48:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone mixed poison with the ink in your pen, then you'd be in trouble, but apart from that, writing on your hand with ink cannot harm you. That is the absolute outer layer of your skin. Think of it this way: Tattooing goes down 7 layers of skin to leave ink permanently embedded in the skin. If that does not cause blood poisoning your Bic pen is sure not going to!
2006-09-05 05:49:39 · answer #3 · answered by jeshzisd 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes it can over a longish period off time start soaking into the skin and give you ink/blood poisioning,ink has a chemical in it that works like lead and I know of someone dying from lead poisioning at the moment,if it's something you can't stop doing use Indian Ink,this would be more safe as that is the same ink they use for tattoo's because it's safe
2006-09-05 05:54:38 · answer #4 · answered by s_d_wadham 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to do that when I would get bored in high school people told me that too but unless you have an allergic reaction to the ink I don't think it would do anything bad
so scribble on!!!!
2006-09-05 05:45:48 · answer #5 · answered by lazerus2391 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you keep doing that, your skin will melt off and your fingers will turn blue and they will have to quarantine you! J/K, nothing will really happen unless you use a pen form 50 years ago when led was used in everything, same goes for licking/eating paint chips.. ...
2006-09-05 05:45:59 · answer #6 · answered by crazypantsmcgee69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they're living in the dark ages! Led has been removed from pencils and ink is now non-toxic. I see no harm in using your hand as a notepad. And a very nice notepad it is! What do you call that particular color of nail polish?
2006-09-05 05:46:02 · answer #7 · answered by Coo coo achoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a health expert, but when i get tattoo's the artist usually goes over the tattoo with a ballpoint pen or sharpie, and then sticks me with needles right over it, so im guessing that that is a no.
2006-09-05 05:46:16 · answer #8 · answered by Nick D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ink on the skin will not cause blood/lead poisoning or lead to death. Intense gamma rays will.
2006-09-05 05:44:56 · answer #9 · answered by CherryBam.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no nothing will happen if you do like ink poisioning or anything else you really should carry a note pad with you only cause it looks like artwork and can be unattractive
2006-09-05 05:54:45 · answer #10 · answered by oceanlady580 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep doing it for a few more years. Then you will become a believer.
2006-09-05 05:44:58 · answer #11 · answered by nighthawk_revelations 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋