Tattoo
Safety
The process of tattooing involves needles that move at very
fast speeds to penetrate the outer layers of the skin.
The needles break the skin, and inject dots of ink into the
third layer, creating the image of the tattoo design in the
skin. Whenever you are getting a tattoo, common sense and
a bit of safety are always the most important
considerations.
When getting a tattoo, most people fear getting the virus
known as HIV, which can lead to the dreaded AIDS virus.
Although many fear HIV, it is just one of the many viruses that
can result from tattoos. Staph, syphilis, tuberculosis,
and hepatitis are all but a few of the other diseases that can
result from tattoos. All it takes is a dirty or
unsanitary needle and you could wind up contracting one of the
deadly viruses listed above.
Just like other activities, tattooing can be very
dangerous. Although tattooing is indeed dangerous, there
are ways that you can minimize or eliminate the potential
dangers. Each and everyday, tattoo artists have to adhere
to a strict code of safety to ensure that the risk of
contracting HIV or any other diseases is little to none.
Professional tattoo artists will sterilize their equipment
after each use. They use steam pressure autoclave when
disinfecting their tattoo guns and needles. Bleach and
alcohol don’t sterilize the equipment; they are instead used to
prep the equipment. Once 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 always
wear rubber gloves that can easily be disposed of. The
ointment spreaders and any type of rags that are used should
also be disposable. When you walk into the tattoo studio,
the floors should be spotless. In the rooms where the
tattoos are done, the working area should always be clean and
sanitary.
Before the tattooist starts the tattoo, he should always
give each customer a brand new set of fresh needles.
Then, he should always dip the needle in a small cap of pigment
that he just took out of a large squeezable bottle. If
the artist dips the needle into the big bottle, you may very
well be sharing fluids with those who have had tattoos from
that same big bottle.
Whenever you decide to get a tattoo you should always put
safety first. Safety is very important with tattoos, as
you could otherwise get a disease or a serious infection.
Before you decide on a tattoo studio, you should always make
sure that they are clean and sanitary. If you get a
tattoo from a studio that is dirty or unsanitary, you could
wind up on a never ending spiral of infections and viruses.
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