Health Tip: Getting a Tattoo?: MedlinePlus

Health Tip: Getting a Tattoo?: MedlinePlus

 

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Health Tip: Getting a Tattoo?

'Think before you ink,' FDA says

By Diana Kohnle

Thursday, December 6, 2012

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(HealthDay News) -- Tattoos may be popular forms of body art and expression, but they pose a number of potential health problems, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
Here's the agency's list of potential tattoo risks:

• An infection from a dirty needle.
• An allergic reaction to inks used.
• Development of scar tissue.
• Formation of granulomas (bumps) near the tattoo.

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