Tattoo Risks - What and How to Avoid Them

Tattoos have gained immense popularity in the western world where many people regardless of their age or profession are seen getting themselves tattooed with various designs to strike a bold and strong personality. With this rise in fame and popularity, many new tattoo artists, and studios have also emerged on the scene making it a big and booming business. However with that said, there are also seriously concerned risks issued tattoos. These risks are issues that have led to concerns amongst rise in infections and deadly diseases connected with those people that get tattooed. Read on to find about the different types of risks, infections, and diseases associated with getting tattoos and getting to avoid them in the long run.

Tattooing art on body requires extreme perfection, authenticity, caution and high levels of exceptional hygienic standards in order to make it a safe process. Vegetable dyes and heavy metals, plastics, and other minerals are used as ingredients in making pigments for tattoo ink. This ink acts as external attacks on the body to mix with cells and cause harm & damage to the skin from deep within. The tattooing process works by creating small wounds using tiny needle that injects ink on the receiver's body resulting in bleeding to take place. It is not sure that the needles used are sterilized or that they are replaced for every patient. Even though either process takes place, risk of getting infected with dangerous & deadly diseases is still persistent as follows:

1. Phototoxic reactions - When the tattoo is exposed to direct sunlight, it causes allergic reactions that could be quite painful and injurious for those pigments made from plastic components. Even though bought from a branded outlet with exceptional guarantee of quality, yet the risk lies there that could cause allergic reactions. Do not expose your naked skin with tattoos to direct sunlight as it could cause serious harm to your skin.

2. Hepatitis B - results in inflammation of liver, vomiting, Jaundice and sometimes even death. Hepatitis B could also result in liver cancer and sudden deaths. It is better to get vaccinated for Hepatitis B as its vaccine is available before getting yourself tattooed.

3. Hepatitis C - This virus is spread in getting contacted with contaminated blood and other contaminated bodily fluids. This is a very important reason to choose the tattoo artist & the studio very carefully after thorough analysis. As of yet there is no vaccine available for this drug. It is therefore advised to do thorough research before selecting the appropriate tattoo artist.

4. AIDS - Just like Hepatitis C, it is also spread by having sexual intercourse and contact with contaminated bodily fluids. It is a dangerous disease that affects the immune system of the body. AIDS has a very expensive cure using medicines due to which it is a burden upon the patient.

5. Tetanus - is an infection deep inside the wound. If one is already infected with it, he should not go for tattooing on his body. This is because it could increase the risk of blood infection.

6. Necrotizing fasciitis - is a very uncommon yet quite dangerous disease that occurs deep inside the skin tissue and eats the skin. Many times the symptoms don't show up but getting tattooed from a substandard and low quality tattoo studio is not only hygienic but also very important to get safe from the infection. The infection would start as a small wound that would result in great amount of pain and trouble for the patient. However, the infection can be successfully treated with antibiotics like medicine.

Listed below are some of the steps that you can take to avoid getting yourself infected form dangerous diseases. It is reminded to you to follow these steps on your own as there is no guarantee of safety after getting tattooed. The risk factor is always present and by following these you can definitely reduce those risk factors, but not eliminate them:

• Before getting tattooed, look around the environment of the tattoo studio. Is it clean, hygienic, safe, and free from bacteria? The environment should be clean and clear of any bacteria.
• Observe the process of tattooing used by the tattoo artist.
• Do the tattoo artists use new needles every time for new patient?
• Is that tattoo studio sanitized?
• Does the tattoo artist have good experience and strong brand image in tattooing? Usually experienced and old tattoo artist shave a high rate of success amongst clients due to the positive reputation developed.

The above mentioned steps need to be taken in order to avoid getting affected from possible tattoo infections.

Yasir Saeed is an experienced full time freelance article writer, content writer, blog poster, search engine optimizer and a web designer. He writes about various niches and helps people to live their lives in a much better and comfortable manner.