Tattoo's deadly little secret
TATTOO’S DEADLY LITTLE SECRET
The world is now aesthetic scene of fashion and fascinating creativity. Part of the creativity of fashion is what has become to be known as tattoo. This body art is now so common in the country compared to some years back when the whole concept was so western. As beautiful as the tattoo may be, or as fashionable as it sounds, it can be very deadly.
Underneath that harmless tattoo is a very serious risk of acquiring a deadly blood-borne disease such as AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, tetanus, syphilis, tuberculosis and other blood-borne diseases. An alarming research study recently published by Dr. Bob Haley and Dr. Paul Fischer at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas uncovered that the "innocent" commercial tattoo may be the number one distributor of hepatitis C.
The study found that people who get tattooed in a commercial tattoo parlor were nine times more likely to get hepatitis C! That's nine times more likely to be infected by a deadly, fatal disease. Did you know the deadly disease hepatitis C kills over 10,000 people a year? The research work also discovers that currently 4 million Americans are chronically infected with hepatitis C and rising and this is courtesy of the commercial tattoo parlor. There is the documentated case of a 22-year-old man who simply received his tattoo and four weeks later – needed a liver transplant.
When you consider hepatitis B, it can be transmitted with as little as 0.00004 ml of blood, and can live on blood contaminated surfaces, such as needles, tattoo machines, tables, etc. for over two months, the risk of hepatitis is very real indeed. It is strongly advised for people who have tattoos to get a Hepatitis check because h epatitis can lie unnoticed for many years while doing serious damage. The sooner hepatitis is detected the better the chances for survival. If you have a tattoo, please get checked.
Tattooing poses health risks because the process exposes blood and body fluids. Because of this a person who gets tattooed risks getting a disease or infection that is carried through blood. These blood-borne diseases include hepatitis B and C, tetanus, and HIV. That is not all, tattoos can also cause chronic skin disorders such as sarcoid, keloid scarring, allergic dermatitis, photosensitivity reactions, psoriasis, and benign or malignant tumors. Many people experience infection and allergic reaction to the tattoo ink. Also, the pigments in tattoo ink contain small metal fibers such as iron oxide.
A tattooing machine can puncture the skin 3,000 times a minute. And every one of those thousands of punctures creates a hole 1/64 to 1/16th of an inch into the dermis that literally invites infection and disease. Every single puncture of the tattoo needle opens up the real possibility of AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, tetanus, tuberculosis and about any other blood-borne disease. With the average tattoo taking about 60 providing a potential path to a very deadly infectious disease. Your tattoo could have inserted more than harmless ink in your exposed flesh.
Another great risk is trying to remove tattoo from the body. Tattoo removal is a painstaking process that can also increase the risk of getting an infection.
The tools used in tattoo removal is another way to spread dangerous diseases and the tool is used on clients upon clients of tattoo beauty parlours. Putting tattoo on the body and removing it are both dangerous and even removing tattoo is more dangerous than putting it. Do you still want that beautiful tattoo done? If yes, I will implore you to think twice.
The world is now aesthetic scene of fashion and fascinating creativity. Part of the creativity of fashion is what has become to be known as tattoo. This body art is now so common in the country compared to some years back when the whole concept was so western. As beautiful as the tattoo may be, or as fashionable as it sounds, it can be very deadly.
Underneath that harmless tattoo is a very serious risk of acquiring a deadly blood-borne disease such as AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, tetanus, syphilis, tuberculosis and other blood-borne diseases. An alarming research study recently published by Dr. Bob Haley and Dr. Paul Fischer at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas uncovered that the "innocent" commercial tattoo may be the number one distributor of hepatitis C.
The study found that people who get tattooed in a commercial tattoo parlor were nine times more likely to get hepatitis C! That's nine times more likely to be infected by a deadly, fatal disease. Did you know the deadly disease hepatitis C kills over 10,000 people a year? The research work also discovers that currently 4 million Americans are chronically infected with hepatitis C and rising and this is courtesy of the commercial tattoo parlor. There is the documentated case of a 22-year-old man who simply received his tattoo and four weeks later – needed a liver transplant.
When you consider hepatitis B, it can be transmitted with as little as 0.00004 ml of blood, and can live on blood contaminated surfaces, such as needles, tattoo machines, tables, etc. for over two months, the risk of hepatitis is very real indeed. It is strongly advised for people who have tattoos to get a Hepatitis check because h epatitis can lie unnoticed for many years while doing serious damage. The sooner hepatitis is detected the better the chances for survival. If you have a tattoo, please get checked.
Tattooing poses health risks because the process exposes blood and body fluids. Because of this a person who gets tattooed risks getting a disease or infection that is carried through blood. These blood-borne diseases include hepatitis B and C, tetanus, and HIV. That is not all, tattoos can also cause chronic skin disorders such as sarcoid, keloid scarring, allergic dermatitis, photosensitivity reactions, psoriasis, and benign or malignant tumors. Many people experience infection and allergic reaction to the tattoo ink. Also, the pigments in tattoo ink contain small metal fibers such as iron oxide.
A tattooing machine can puncture the skin 3,000 times a minute. And every one of those thousands of punctures creates a hole 1/64 to 1/16th of an inch into the dermis that literally invites infection and disease. Every single puncture of the tattoo needle opens up the real possibility of AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, tetanus, tuberculosis and about any other blood-borne disease. With the average tattoo taking about 60 providing a potential path to a very deadly infectious disease. Your tattoo could have inserted more than harmless ink in your exposed flesh.
Another great risk is trying to remove tattoo from the body. Tattoo removal is a painstaking process that can also increase the risk of getting an infection.
The tools used in tattoo removal is another way to spread dangerous diseases and the tool is used on clients upon clients of tattoo beauty parlours. Putting tattoo on the body and removing it are both dangerous and even removing tattoo is more dangerous than putting it. Do you still want that beautiful tattoo done? If yes, I will implore you to think twice.
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