Dying to have that tattoo on you? Whatever you do, don't toy with that tat. Getting a tattoo is serious business.
Getting a Tat
1. Tattooing must always be done with a sterile needle
2. Keep an eye on disposable ink bottles to minimize your risk for infection
3. Tattoo artist should always cover his hands with latex gloves
4. Don't drink alcohol a night before you plan to have a tattoo
Tattoo Care
1. Don't forget to apply olive oil on your tattoo for seven days
2. Avoid applying chlorinated water on the tattoo
3. Avoid a hot shower bath at least for seven days after getting a tattoo
4. Remember to apply Vaseline on your tattoo, with a disposable instrument
Tattoo and the Sewing Machine
Tattoos are a permanent mark or design, made on the skin with pigments inserted through pricks into the skin's top layer.
The procedure starts by using a needle, connected to a small machine with tubes containing dye, which pierces the skin repeatedly (an action that resembles that of a sewing machine).
With every puncture, the needle inserts tiny ink droplets into the skin. The process, may last up to few hours, causing some bleeding and pain.
Following are the various risks involved in the art of 'permanent make-up':
1. Blood Bourne Diseases
If the equipment used to create the tattoo is contaminated with the blood of an infected person, you can easily contract many serious blood borne diseases. These include HIV
, Hepatitis-C, Hepatitis-B, tetanus and tuberculosis.
2. Allergic Reactions
Tattoo dyes, especially red dye, can cause allergic skin reactions, which in turn can result in an itchy rash on the place of the tattoo. People may even develop allergic reactions to tattoos that they have had for years.
3. Skin Disorders
The body may form bumps or nodules know as granulomas around the tattoo ink, particularly if the ink is red. Tattooing can even cause some areas of raised and excessive scarring known as keloids. It can form anytime you injure your skin.
4. Skin Infections
Tattoos can result in various bacterial infections. Typical signs of an infection include redness, swelling and a pus-like drainage.
Antibiotic-resistant skin infections can even lead to pneumonia and blood infections with a painful, flesh-destroying condition, know as necrotizing fasciitis.
5. MRI Complication
Tattoos may cause swelling or burning sensation in the affected areas, when one undergoes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations.
In some cases, when a person with a permanent eyeliner undergoes an MRI of the eye, tattoo pigments may interfere with the quality of its image.
6. Dissatisfaction
Most common problem with the people having tattoo is dissatisfaction. In some cases, tattoo aficionados want their tattoos off.
Also, if the tattooist injects the pigment too deeply into the skin, chances are that pigments may migrate beyond their original site.
Tattoo Removal
Tattoos or the permanent make up are meant to be permanent. Therefore, their complete removal is difficult and painful at times.
Nowadays, several removal techniques exist, but regardless of the method used, skin color variations, allergies and scarring are likely to happen.
Main tattoo removal techniques available today are: laser technique, dermabrasion, salabrasion, scarification, surgical removal and camouflage. The laser technique, most famous of all tattoo removal techniques, is used on different tattoo colors. It breaks the pigment into small particles so as to get it eliminated from the body.
All these removal techniques are available with good dermatologists. Never try removing a tattoo on your own.
Tattoo Removal Risks
Scarring: While removal, not every tattoo comes off easily. Immediately after the treatment, there can be a white patch, the place where you once had the tattoo. Normal skin color will appear, but with time.
Allergic Reactions: Usage of laser technique breaks down tattoo pigments, giving rise to the possible allergic reactions. Several laser treatments can also cause blistering reactions, which can be very painful. Though, with routine skin care, these reactions can subside.
Temporary Tattoos Risky Too
Some feel that a popular alternative to the permanent tattoos are temporary tattoos that use henna-based ink to paint the skin.
It has been observed lately that 'black henna' or 'blue henna' cause allergic reactions on the skin area, as the 'blackening' may come from coal-tar. It has therefore been advised to stay away from these temporary tattoos too.
Tattoos are permanent, and getting them removed is twice as painful as having them on. Think twice before you decide to have them. But once you’ve decided to have a tat, take the necessary precautions and good care to reduce the risks involved.
It is true that there are
It is true that there are many risks involved in having a tattoo, these may be avoided if we go to a licensed professional and of course we have to make sure that the place is clean and sterile. Aside from the health risks, many people are still prejudiced against people with tats. There is most often a negative stigma about inked people. There are some people who get detained in airports because of their tattoos and this is one inconvenience that you have to consider.
Semi Permanent Temptoos
To avoid the risks and hazards of permanent make-up, tattoos and removal, try a LONG-TIME-LINER Temptoo. Temptoos are tattoos that are safe, reliable and semi-permanent.
The procedure is conducted with completely disinfected and sterilized equipment and a one-time-use needle. The pigmentation colors and pigmentation device are medically regulated, tested and approved.Therefore, this procedure has no risks for blood bourne diseases, infection or allergic reactions.
The semi-permanent color is pigmented into the first layer of the skin, the Epidermis, where it lasts anywhere from 1-5 years depending on the individual's skin regeneration. After 1-5 years, the Temptoo can be touched up to refresh the design, reshaped, replaced with different colors or left to fade until it no longer exists.
Permanent make-up and tattoos are pigmented into the middle and lower layers of the skin, the Dermis and Hypodermis, where they last for life. These tattoos cannot be altered in shape or color and cannot be easily removed. Because LONG-TIME-LINER Temptoos only penetrate the first layer of the skin, the individual has the option to keep the tattoo longer, change the tattoo or let the tattoo fade away.
Many individuals who have had permanent make-up or tattooing go through painful, time consuming and expensive removal procedures. Save yourself the agony and try a LONG-TIME-LINER Temptoo!
No such thing as semi-permanent tattoos
Regarding the article, while it is always in the best interest of the public to understand what can go wrong during a tattoo process, the problems and risks associated with them are very rare, especially when having procedures performed by a licensed professional and, according the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the USA, there has never been a case of HIV
acquired through tattooing.
If one understands anatomy, the epidermal layer of the skin renews itself regularly so color deposited too shallow will end up a mess. It is impossible to accurately gauge the level of penetration to avoid going into the dermis where tattoo ink/pigment (not dye) belongs. These temptoos or semi-permanent makeup procedures leave the client with essentially a very poorly performed tattoo that cannot be guaranteed to completely fade away and looks awful during the process. This is nothing but a marketing gimmick at the expense of clients who do not feel comfortable with the longevity of tattooing.
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