can you get an MRI if you have tatoos?

Answer 1

If your tattoo was done in a normal, run-of-the-mill tattoo shop, you're fine. The quantity of metal in normal dyes is very very low.

Some do-it-yourself dyes can contain a high amount of heavy metals, such as those used in prisons. If you were to get an MRI using these dyes, the metals would literally be driven out of your skin by the strong magnetic force of the MRI. It could potentially be very painful.

EDIT: This was pulled from a wikipedia article -

"There has been concern expressed about the interaction between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures and tattoo inks, some of which contain trace metals. Allegedly, the magnetic fields produced by MRI machines could interact with these metal particles, potentially causing burns or distortions in the image. The television show MythBusters tested the theory, and found no interaction between tattoo inks and MRI.

However, research by Shellock and Crues reports adverse reactions to MRI and tattoos in a very small number of cases. Wagle and Smith also documented an isolated case of Tattoo-Induced Skin Burn During MR Imaging. According to the American Chemical society, home-made tattoos, in which metallic inks have been used in larger quantities, cause these reactions."

Answer 2

you recognize, I had an MRI and that's a question they ask. With some older tattoo inks, they are able to contain lines of a few style of metallic that the MRI will p.c.. up. it is not as dramatic via fact the television instruct, nonetheless--they only test all tattoos with a de-magnetizer wand earlier you bypass in to be on the secure side, and maximum tattoos completed interior the final 10 years or so do no longer contain this ink, so this is nt a great deal. unusual yet kinda actual.

Answer 3

Yes. The ink would have no affect on the operation of the MRI machine, because the MRI doesnt work with your skin.

Answer 4

Yes. The only reason you cannot get an MRI is if you have some type of metal within your body, like a pacemaker, steel screws and plates in or on bones and even steel pistons in your inner ears. Good luck. Pops

Answer 5

Yep - I have tats and have had several MRIs, with no ill effects to either the tats or the MRI results.

Answer 6

Yes - the question is - why in the hell would you WANT a tatoo?

Answer 7

Of course,the small amount of metal in the ink has no effect.

Answer 8

Mythbusters have already done an episode disproving this myth.

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

Yes you can do