2006-10-26 02:19:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Unsterile tattooing equipment can transmit infections, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C and even HIV. The risk is so significant that the American Association of Blood Banks requires a one-year wait between getting a tattoo and donating blood.
You could get granulomas, little nodules that can form around the tattoo, or keloid scar formation. Some people are prone to developing these keloid scars, which grow beyond the boundary of the tattoo. Granulomas and keloids are permanent unless you have them surgically removed.
Also, allergic reactions, although rare, can happen.
2006-10-28 02:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by tampico 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way in which you acquire HIV from tattoos is if the Equipment that is supposed to be sterilized after each use (it the needed) is not cleaned properly, and some of the person skin tissue/blood stays in tact (it may appear clean, but the microscopic cells are still there). This ONLY applies if the person recieving the tattoo has the HIV virus. HIV is a virus, and needs a cell to live in, it cannot live on it own. It also would have to enter your body, either through sexual transmission, or through sharing a needle with someone who was infected. As long as no one with HIV used the ink/there were no cuts on your hands you will be fine. EDIT: if there are no cuts, then chances are (99.9%) that you will be fine. if it will make you sleep easier at night, go get tested, but personally i dont think you have anything to worry about. Im not even sure the virus would stay viable in the ink (as mentioned it needs a host cell to survive, and it cannot seep through your skin...thats not how this particular virus enters the body)
2016-03-19 00:12:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I got a tattoo before learning about Jehovah," relates Amy. "I try to keep it covered. When others in the congregation happen to see it, I feel embarrassed." The message? Think before you ink. Don't make a decision that you may regret later.
There are also health concerns you should consider. Dr. Robert Tomsick, an associate professor of dermatology, comments: "What you're doing is breaking the skin and introducing pigmented material into the area. Even though the needle only goes in a little way, anytime you break the skin, you have a risk of bacterial or viral infection. I think [getting a tattoo] is generally a risky thing to do." Dr. Tomsick continues: "Once pigment is in, even if there's no infection, there's always the chance of contact allergies, dermatitis and allergic reactions that can cause skin to get red, swollen, crusty and itchy."
Despite the intended permanence of tattoos, various methods are used in attempts to remove them: Laser removal (burning the tattoo away), surgical removal (cutting the tattoo away), dermabrasion (sanding the skin with a wire brush to remove the epidermis and dermis), salabrasion (using a salt solution to soak the tattooed skin), and scarification (removing the tattoo with an acid solution and creating a scar in its place). These methods are expensive and can be painful. "It's more painful to have a tattoo removed by laser than to get the original tattoo," says Teen magazine.
2006-10-29 23:41:20 · answer #3 · answered by KimIsland 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like a real tattoo with the gun and the needle that goes into ur skin? Ink from a pen/marker is not made for that kind of thing. I wouldn't advise it. And how sterile is the needle? You'll end up with hepatitis or worse.
2006-10-26 02:23:11 · answer #4 · answered by dragonkisses 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi Kay,
Not actually but possibilities are there.
thats because of the chemicals that are being used in the inks.
Rather than saying it as a poison it will become an irritant which will cause some skin problems. So it is better that you avoid such things.
2006-10-26 02:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes it is possible for u to get ink poisoning from a homemade tattoo. when i got mine it get infected realy bad, i went to the doc's and they gave me a cream & said if it didn't clear up then i was out of luck.
2006-10-26 02:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by Rebecca F 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heck yes, that type of ink is not made for tatoo's. Dont use that, you may get an infection.
2006-10-26 02:22:37 · answer #7 · answered by cfoxwell99 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most of the time before you get poisoned enough you die your arm or the tattooed area will start to rot.
2006-10-26 02:23:10 · answer #8 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, don't do it, tattoo artists use hypo allergenic inks
2006-10-26 02:22:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋