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Tattoo and Human Health

The first thing we have to consider when we want to get a tattoo is that it involves someone sticking needles into you. The persons who carry out the tattoo work should work in a clean atmosphere. Tattoo studios generally look pretty Goth, with black and purple and vampire-looking staff. But if it is clean black and purple paint, we should not worry about them. However, if we get a feeling that there is something dingy or unkempt about the place, you should take that as insufficient concern about cleanliness and find some other place.

A callous cleanliness will not only lead to infections but also will put your interest in Tattoos in jeopardy for life. Choosing a tattoo artist is also equally important. We should be able to feel comfortable asking him any relevant questions. The questions can vary from the safety of your skin, tattooed area, probable effect of the tattoo on your health, cleanliness, after effects and maintenance of the tattoos. If we do not feel comfortable talking to your prospective artist we should look some other place. The basic objective should be to find a place that is as clean as your doctor's office, even though it might not have posters of amiable looking goats or other farm animals on the walls and mobiles hanging from the ceilings. Specific things for which we must watch are:

1. A brand new sterile needle must be used every time.

2. All other tools that are involved in the tattooing process must be either sterilized or disposable. Sterilization process is very important because any puncture is technically a wound and holds a potential hazard for infection.

3. Everything should be personally laid out for the tattoo. We should not accept a common bottle of ink with our fellow tattoo lovers. Individual disposable tattoo ink containers are available for this purpose. Latex gloves. Vaseline should be dispensed with disposable instruments - not by Hand.

4. Non-disposable equipment should be sterilized with an autoclave, an apparatus which uses superheated steam under high pressure to sterilize instruments. Not an ultrasonic cleaner or a dunk in a tub of rubbing alcohol. The autoclave should FDA regulated or should be in accordance with the local health regulations.

5. Wiping with a greasy rag etc., are not acceptable. The quality of a tattoo work is dependant on the skill of the tattoo artist. To evaluate a person's skill, the best way is to see living designs on some other person and his personal feedback. A lot of fuss is made about the allergic reactions of Henna Tattoos. The problem is generally with Back henna. During Henna tattooing, if the dye used is Jet Black and stains the skin really quickly, then it is probably PPD Black Henna, which is harmful to the skin. If the Design takes less than an hour, it is also of PPD type. Real Henna takes along time to settle, mostly overnight. If the paste is black and the color of the tattoo when the paste wears off is black, then the Henna is probably PPD mixed.

Pure Henna generally leaves an orange stain that will go brown, but will never be black when the paste flakes off. Taking care of a new Tattoo is also important...

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