Tattoos Are Cool - Getting a Disease Isn't!

By Trevor Jones

To tattoo someone, a needle that moves at fast speeds, is employed to deliver ink, permeating the outer layers of skin. The needles break the skin, and put in dots of ink into the 3rd layer, producing the image of the tattoo design under the skin. Anytime you are having a tattoo, good sense and a bit of safety are invariably the most important considerations. Considering A Tattoo? - Follow Some Simple Precautions

When having a tattoo, most people fear getting the virus known as HIV, which can lead to the dreadful AIDS virus. However, this is only one of many infections that can be assigned to tattooing. Staphylococcus, hepatitis, syphilis and tuberculosis, are all but a few of the other diseases that can result from tattoos. All it takes is a dirty or unhygienic needle and you could wind up contracting one of the deadly viruses named above.

Just like other pursuits, tattooing can be very hazardous. Although tattooing is indeed dangerous, there are ways that you can reduce or get rid of the potential dangers. Tattoo artists have to be certified and ensure they conform to strict regulations involving the sterility of their equipment and place of work.

The equipment a qualified tattoo artist uses ought to be sterilized each time it is used. Tattoo guns and needles are sterilized using steam pressure autoclaves. Bleach and alcohol do not sterilize the equipment - they are instead employed to prepare the equipment. As soon as the bleach and alcohol have been used on the instruments, they will then be autoclaved, which will sterilize them.

When the tattoo artist does the tattoo, he should invariably wear rubber gloves that can easily be disposed of. The ointment spreaders and any kind of rags that are used should also be throwaway. Check the studio floor, since it too should be clean. The tattoo booths ought to also be entirely clean and hygienic.

Before the tattooist begins the tattoo, he should always give each customer a fresh set of needles. Then, he should invariably dip the needle in a small cap of pigment that he just withdrew from a large squeezable bottle. If the artist dips the needle into the big bottle, you might very well be sharing fluids with those who have had tattoos from that corresponding big bottle.

Safety should always be your foremost concern when having a tattoo. Serious infections are very simple to contract with unsterilized equipment and could create a great deal of distress. Check very carefully, any tattoo parlor you are thinking of utilizing and ensure it meets health and safety standards.

Your ultimate health and safety are at issue here so never ever consider a tattoo parlor simply based on price, if so you could be setting yourself up for all sorts of problems later. The last thing you want is to contract a serious health problem. - 32498

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