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Tattoos may significantly increase risk of hepatitis C infection

It is a fad these days to sport tattoos. Kids often show off their sticker tattoos. But adults go a step further. Permanent tattoos, which are permanent reminders throughout life, in different designs and shapes, are very popular. However there is a darker side to the whole affair. The study in the United States of America says that tattoos significantly increase the risk of hepatiti...

Parents' Permission Required For Tattooing

The written permission of parents will be required by teenagers in Scotland who wish to get tattooed, or their bodies pierced. Piercing and tattoo studios will also be subject to mandatory licensing// to ensure better safety standards and regulate hygiene. This is applicable to all those who are less than 16 years of age. The object behind the exercise is to reduce the possibilities of...

Tattoo Wearers Are More Prone To Allergy Risks

People who are after the tattoos may be facing an increased risk of allergic reactions as it contains the chemicals that are used for hair dyes.// A German medical magazine has reported that the temporary skin markings often contain paraphenylendiamine (PPD), a substance that is used in many hair dyes. As it is long lasting and is used in high concentrations, people with henna tattoos...

Snorers, Tattoo Wearers Out From Chinese Army

The Chinese Army has banned chronic snorers from joining up. These are new standards that have been introduced by the Army. //"Given that chronic snorers' sounds disturb the life of others, a new regulation ... has been added," the Beijing Times newspaper quoted army official Li Chunming as saying. The People's Liberation Army is the world's strongest standing force with 2.3 million sold...

Lower Back Tattoos Can Lead To Problems During Childbirth

Women who are in the habit of going for tattoos, especially at the lower back and buttocks may be facing problems during childbirth, reported the German medical// journal Arzte Zeitung. Drawing large tattoos at the back may prevent doctors from applying local anesthesia during delivery. Tattoos are frequently positioned on the lower back, precisely where doctors inject the painkiller...

FMD tests at abattoir

Tests for Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) were carried out at the abattoir where the 2001 outbreak started. Restrictions were lifted after the tests on pigs proved// negative at the Cheale Meats slaughterhouse, near Brentwood, Essex. In order to prevent the possible spread of FMD, the movement of the farm animals within a five-mile radius of the slaughterhouse had been restricted....

Traditional Tattoos are Proving to Be Lethal

Traditional Samoan tattoo has affected three men one of them has developed a flesh eating disease; another is suffering from blood poisoning and renal failure.// Necrotising fasciitis (flesh eating disease) is a rare infectious, ultimately leads to death. The person with blood poisoning spent five weeks in the hospital, and is released now. Dr McLean, The Medic...

Prison Tattoo Project Should Be Restored: AIDS Activist

A pilot project that allowed prisoners a safe way to sport tattoos, with the help of tattoo parlors in prison, ended in September 2006. Now, an AIDS activist has urged the// reinstatement of this project in Ottawa, outlining the benefits of tattoo parlors in prison, as a method to check the spread of AIDS. It is estimated that nearly 17% of the prisoners go in for tattoos or body pier...

Now, a Tattoo That can Be Easily Removed

For all those wary about getting a tattoo done of their lover's initials due to fear of getting jilted in future, here is some good news - researchers have discovered a technique, where the cryptic body symbols can be permanent or removed as per the wearer's choice. The new method is called micro-encapsulation, where particles are suspended in a biodegradable polymer coating. The m...