Tattoo Health Concerns

You are injecting a mixture of industrial pigments, heavy metals and azo compounds that will migrate to your immune system organs and sit there for the rest of your life, driving inflammation;

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Scary health items include: chemicals and metals in household products, apples contaminated with pesticides, lipstick filled with heavy metals, carcinogens in water, sperm counts that don't add up, items that cause hormone disruptor issues, problems with lymph glands, etc. A variety of folks and organizations- scientists, NGOs, activists, politicians, journalists, media outlets, cranks and quacks continually harp about potential health threats like these and many others.

Some of the same, potentially harmful metals and other additives can be found in tattoos. However, it's hard to find anyone raising flags about tattoos, except for some recent studies.

Tattooing involves depositing pigments from oils or synthetic dyes into the skin at a depth of 1 to 2 millimeters. Native flora and infectious pathogens enter the newly created wound during the process. Immediately after tattooing local infections are often experienced, characterized by redness, swelling and pain. On occasions, bactereremia (bacteria in the bloodstream) ensures. Infections are typically from Staphylococus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Streptococcus pyogense. Clostridium infection (tetanus) is associated with sticking and probing by sharp metals, but fortunately, most people are vaccinated against tetanus. The artist is often the source for hepatitis B and C infections. A University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center study found people with tattoos were six times more likely to have hepatitis C than people without them. For this reason, the American Association of Blood Banks prohibits blood donation until at least one year........

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