1. Try some temporary tattoos first. In fact, if you find some high quality temporary tattoos with great designs, you may want to use these permanently instead of a permanent inking. Many of the higher quality fake tattoos that are made in the USA look and feel exactly like real tattoos on the skin. Plus, they usually last for 3 to 5 days, even while bathing with soap or swimming in a chlorinated pool.
2. If you think you must have a name inscribed, make sure it's your mother's name...or someone who you are positive will be a loved one forever. Your mom will always be your Mom...but your current lover may not be around in a few years. It will be expensive and painful to permanently cover the tattoo with more ink or have it removed...so think before you ink!
3. There are many serious health risks resulting from permanent tattoos. The dangerous Hepatitis C virus is up six times more common in those who sport tattoos. Health authorities recommend that those who have graced a tattoo parlor should also grace a lab. Some of the more inexpensive tattoo kiosks may not be able to afford good sterilizing equipment.
4. Body Piercing was made popular by the PUNK subculture starting in the 70's and now the body-piercing fad has teens and adults of all ages getting pierced in droves. The nostrils, nipples and navels and are popular yet painful places to pierce. Tongues have become the favorite site, but beware...the tongue is red due to a huge number of blood vessels. Body piercers hope and pray they don't hit a blood vessel when they ram a large spike through the tongue. A swollen and painful tongue can lead to hemorrhaging, tongue infections and other serious complications.
5. Another common complication is that the metal balls on the tongue often drives dentists crazy because biting down on one can fracture and chip teeth plus lead to a wide variety of mouth problems such as infections and abscesses.
The moral of this story is that if you think you must permanently alter your body in one of commonly fashionable ways...learn all you can about the potential problems. Please...use common sense when choosing a tattoo artist or piercer. This is not the time to be looking for a bargain. Trying to save money by using an unprofessional or inexperienced person will quite very often end up costing you a great deal more in both pain and expense.
2. If you think you must have a name inscribed, make sure it's your mother's name...or someone who you are positive will be a loved one forever. Your mom will always be your Mom...but your current lover may not be around in a few years. It will be expensive and painful to permanently cover the tattoo with more ink or have it removed...so think before you ink!
3. There are many serious health risks resulting from permanent tattoos. The dangerous Hepatitis C virus is up six times more common in those who sport tattoos. Health authorities recommend that those who have graced a tattoo parlor should also grace a lab. Some of the more inexpensive tattoo kiosks may not be able to afford good sterilizing equipment.
4. Body Piercing was made popular by the PUNK subculture starting in the 70's and now the body-piercing fad has teens and adults of all ages getting pierced in droves. The nostrils, nipples and navels and are popular yet painful places to pierce. Tongues have become the favorite site, but beware...the tongue is red due to a huge number of blood vessels. Body piercers hope and pray they don't hit a blood vessel when they ram a large spike through the tongue. A swollen and painful tongue can lead to hemorrhaging, tongue infections and other serious complications.
5. Another common complication is that the metal balls on the tongue often drives dentists crazy because biting down on one can fracture and chip teeth plus lead to a wide variety of mouth problems such as infections and abscesses.
The moral of this story is that if you think you must permanently alter your body in one of commonly fashionable ways...learn all you can about the potential problems. Please...use common sense when choosing a tattoo artist or piercer. This is not the time to be looking for a bargain. Trying to save money by using an unprofessional or inexperienced person will quite very often end up costing you a great deal more in both pain and expense.
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