Imagine what THEY'LL look like in 20 years.
Posted on 06/02/2014 7:50:49 AM PDT by Phillyred
DALLAS-Thirteen needles are simultaneously zinging in and out of Adam Metzger’s shoulder.
The 27-year-old is unruffled. He stares unblinkingly out the storefront window of Taboo Tattoo, a studio in the Bishop Arts District. To his right, Cody Biggs shades blue into a square of the Texas state flag. His movements are sure, even.
The buzzing suddenly falls silent. Biggs pauses to dunk the handpiece into a thimble-sized plastic cup of ink, then turns back to his canvas. Metzger’s shoulder is pink and puffy, weeping streams of ink and blood.
“How are you doing, buddy?” Biggs asks, rubbing on ointment in counterclockwise circles.
“It doesn’t feel good, man,” Metzger responds. “But I’ve definitely felt worse pain.”
Plenty of people know what he’s been through. As of 2012, 1 in 5 adults had a tattoo, up from 14 percent in 2008, a Harris Interactive Poll found. And when safety standards are followed, tattoos are usually trouble-free.
But tattoos can pose health risks that many people might not consider:
Unsterilized tools or contaminated ink can lead to infection, scarring, blood-borne diseases and other, less-obvious issues.
“It’s becoming much more common, but you still have to be careful,” says Dr. Bryan Wasson, an internal medicine physician at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at Irving, Texas. “A tattoo is like a minor surgery.
You clean and shave the skin like you’re going to operate. You use surgical tools. There are dangers. So be careful in your selection.”
During the procedure, a gun with needles punctures the top layer of the skin, depositing pigment in a deeper layer called the dermis. As the skin heals, the ink remains trapped below the surface.
“When you get a tattoo, you bleed,” said Dr. Donna Casey, an internal medical specialist at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital...
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Imagine what THEY'LL look like in 20 years.
As an ex professional tattoo artist, I feel compelled to inform others who are concerned about health related issues associated with tattoos that the majority of those issues are also related to haircuts. Barber shops and beauty salons are regulated by similar laws due to health risks such as Hepatitis and staph that are associated with each.
As far as the “social” issues that people discuss in regards to tattoos as statements of their personal preferences... Well, those are nothing more than opinion. I believe there’s a common saying about opinions.
No good advice goes unpunished. [chuckle]
You forgot the sarcasm tag.
Ya, I wanted to put my old cap badge on my arm, but I didn’t do it.
I know about the hush hush, I was one of four that had to go do some secret squirrel for NATO.
That was not in uniform obviously heh.
Ahh, some days I miss it, some days I don’t lol.
Yeah....that & maybe not vote for a Democrat.
The removal problem reminds me of that old Country song, about a guy who has a tattoo of his former girlfriend, "What am I gonna do with your tattoo?"
This is my own syllogism and I stand by it.
Not everyone that has a tatoo is evil, but all evil people have tattoos.
It is not copyrighted, use it at will.
Tattoo’s are completely NASTY, ESPECIALLY on women.
They do serve a purpose though, they save time when trying to figure out if a woman has psych problems or not...
Yea they are all non-conformists in a conformist sort of way...
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