Tattoo Effects

Eng 1302 The negative side effects of tattoos Tattoos are permanent pictures or designs on the skin, pricked and stained with indelible dyes. They contain mainly industrial organic pigments with high microbiological impurities load. Tattoos are body arts. In our society today, tattoos have increase in popularity among all ages but most prevalent among the adolescent and young adults. Reports have shown that the increase in the adolescent involvement in tattooing is fuelled by peer pressure and their quests to belong to certain groups or to be accepted. (A. E Laumann p1). This makes them not to consider the hazards that are associated with it. In this essay, I will be investigating the negative side effects that are associated with tattoos such as how society view people involved, common health risk and financial hardships. According to Anne E. Laumann of Feinberg School
Tattoos from most commercial tattoo parlors are associated with infections, including potentially deadly infections like staph, tetanus, hepatitis B or C, and HIV. Other side effects include; acute inflammatory reactions caused by physical tissue injury and injection of pigment dyes, excessive and unsightly scarring, nerve damage, allergic reactions and sometimes uncontrolled bleeding. (MFMER reports) Furthermore, tattoos can cause misdiagnoses or interference with medical procedures like MRIs (Robert Preiddt 2). Also because of the risk of infection, one will not be able to donate blood for at least a year after having tattoos for the risk of infections. It cost a lot of money to do tattoos and take care of it during the healing process. From a survey I conducted, an average tattoo studio cost about a $100.00 per hour. Think about spending more than three hours. In addition, removing tattoos can be expensive and painful, and usually does not leave the area looking completely