Medical Tattoos

The two main reasons for tattoo regulations are for health concerns and discrimination as many do not like or think tattoos are morally good. The health concerns can be valid if you do not go to a reputable tattoo artist, if the tattoo artist uses dirty needles or equipment you could contract Hepatitus, or HIV/AIDS, or any number of other blood borne diseases. Many are also concerned about the inks that are used in tattoos as their are few regulations and even less testing for the safety of the inks commonly used in tattoo parlors across the country. You would think with the national popularity of tattoos that more time would be given to testing safety of the inks for use under the skin of these inks that are not regualted or tested for use under the skin in many cases. Many cases have also been showing up with a blood borne bacteria that is drug resistant from tattoos not done by a reputable tattoo parlor.

Tattoos are now legal in all 50 states, Oklahoma was the last hold out state and made it legal in 2006, however in many states it is left up to local cities and counties to decide if you can get a tattoo at a local tattoo parlor rather than making it a state legal decision. To show you how much laws vary from place to place: some places tattoos are not regulated at all. some places you merely have to register with the state, while at other places you must pass inspection by state or local officials to even open a tattoo parlor. You should be careful as some state stop even requiring that tattoos artist be licensed. Tattoos laws vary as I mentioned and some states and localities regulate what type of tattoo you can get and where you can get them on your body, so check you local health department to understand your local regulations.

Tattoos laws range from having to be over 18 to get tattooed, some areas of the country you can not get tattoos on certain body parts or your face, one regulation which may be a good in some areas is not allowing tattoos when your drunk, some areas don’t allow tattoos of offensive or hateful words, some places you can only get tattooed in the tattoo parlor of the artist and not at your home or even at a tattoo expo. So once again to protect yourself and your rights check with the local health department to see what regulations are in place for tattoos where you live. Another good way to check local tattoo laws is to go to your states web site and search tattoo to see what regulations apply to you locally, and what regulations are in place to protect or to discriminate you. In some areas if you know a tattoo artist they will do tattoos that are not allowed or are not legal in their area but they are risking losing their tattoo license or even being prosecuted for breaking the law. Remember illegal tattoos or tattoos done at tattoo parties or unlicensed artist can be potentially fatal and dangerous to your health and safety. Despite the danger of getting tattoos from unlicensed artist many still do so as the illegal or outlaw idea is appealing to many though those who contract a blood borne infection or health concern later wish they had not done so.

Tattoos can be fun and sometimes very appealing if done properly and safe if done by a reputable tattoo artist. However if you still choose to get a tattoo by a unlicensed tattoo artist, or get a tattoo at at tattoo party, or let someone with a homemade tattoo gun remember that you are taking your safety and life into your own hands and could be very sorry that you do so for many years to come.

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Why is it that many laws and regulations that are outdated still on the law books, when we keep passing new laws every year and do little to take old laws off the books is it any wonder.

In Santa Cruz, California a civil rights lawyer filed a lawsuit to challenge an old antiquated law on the books that stated that tattoo parlors need to have a supervising physician to get a permit, this law dated back to 1962. In the lawsuit the civil rights attorney Kate Wells also made issue of the fact that there are many regulations as to where tattoo parlors can open. The regulations say that tattoo parlors can not open by schools, parks, other tattoo parlors, and in some instances in downtown areas either. Kate Wells Civil Rights attorney states it should be as easy to open a tattoo parlor as a beauty parlor, or art gallery.

One of this issues is with all the regulations about zoning tattoo parlors, which make it very difficult to find a suitable place to open and operate a successful tattoo parlor. In the lawsuit Kate Wells Civil rights attorney stated the areas designated acceptable by city were largely taken up by homes, leaving few possible tattoo parlor sites. Conversely Alan Smith city attorney said there were many available locations.

The real question here is why are their so many restrictive regulations regarding opening and operating a tattoo parlor, and why is this discrimination allowed in this day and time when tattoos are so widely accepted. In the lawsuit it was stated that a tattoo parlor should be allowed to open as easily as an art studio or beauty shop, as it is a means of personal expression and should not be regulated so discriminately.

The question is why if artist can create art on canvas and open a gallery any where to sell this art, and beauty salons can use dies and colors to change the looks of hair and nails and open any where, why are we so concerned about tattoo parlors opening and people having tattoos to express their God given right to express themselves.

I think that we need to stop being so concerned about what people want to do to their own bodies, as after all how does that really affect anyone other than the person making a decision to do so. In a free society why are so many local and state governments trying to make our decisions for us about what we can say and do to express our freedom of expression.

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Many of us wear our old tattoos like bad reminders of past mistakes: which show our old lovers names, or tatoos we got when on a dare, our high school or college favorite sports teams, showing our momentary loss of good judgement while on a drunken night in Mexico or elsewhere.

The primary way to get rid of these unwanted tattoos or body art  was to have the skin scraped and sanded with a rotary tool simular to taking a bad coat of paint off a house until recently. Another form of tatoo and body art removal is the chemical method where the use harsh acids which is sometimes successful though quite painful as you can imagine, and others have even had surgical procedures to have the body art or tattoos removed.  There are those who choose to user laser tattoo removal which is not only very costly but also sometimes the result looks worse than the original tattoo, and laser romoval does not work for everyone to properly remove an old piece of body art. I am sure none of these methods sounds very much like fun to you and you would think more tattoo clients would take this in to account when getting their permanent body art done.

In the last few years in the US and the UK there is a new way to have unwanted body art and tatoos removed which is very simular to the way tattoos are done. You have a cream injected into the skin with a micropigmentation pen, the cream is called Rejuvi and it bonds with the pigments of the unwanted tattoo or body art and allows the bodys immune system to remove the ink or pigments as it rejects the Rejuvi cream. This newer method of tattoo and body art removal using Rejuvi cream is not only less expensive than many of the others but also typically causes less scarring, and is less painful, and is more effective than even laser tattoo and body art removal procedures.

The Director of Oxford Skin Clinics, Stuart Harrison first tried out a procedure using Rejuvi cream with a new injection machine on his brother and it was very successful. This new procedure and process has been approved by the US Armed forces and many service men and women returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are looking to have unwanted tattoos and body art removed in this way once they return home. The reason many like this procedure for tattoo and body art removal is that it is not only quick, affordable, but more effective than most procedures and less painful as well. The procedure using Rejuvi stings for a few days like getting the original tattoo or body art, and after about a week a scab forms and peels off with the pigments attached to it. Like any other procedure for tattoo and body art removal, there are situations where this is not the best solution: if the tattoo is very large, or if the tattoo is very old, or the ink is very deep this may not be a good fit for you. In these situations it could take years to remove the body art or tattoo, where Rejuvi is not the best fit, though sometimes with four to five treatments you may still successfully be able to remove the unwanted tattoos and body art. However it is suggested that you wait four to six weeks between Rejuvi treatments, when more than one treatment is necessary.

I want to say in closing, remember tattoos and body art is permanent, and not easily removed. This being considered be sure you are happy with the design and work of a tattoo artist before getting a tattoo or body art done. I like many had a name tattooed on my arm years ago, of my first wife who I loved very much at the time. However not everything is meant to last and we seperated over 27 years ago, like many I had a cover up tattoo so I would not have to have a daily reminder of a love gone wrong.

If you do have body art or tattoos done, take the time to pick a creative design that you will truly be happy with and have it done by a accomplished and reputable tattoo artist so you will like the end result.

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Tattoos can be beautiful and even sexy if done properly, and add a great accent to a womans appearance and natural God given beauty.

Likewise if done improperly tattoos can make a very sexy and beautiful woman look cheap and unappealing.

I would love to hear what all of you think of tattoos and what kind of tattoos you like and dislike, and where some of the best places you feel are to get awesome and sexy tattoos.

Likewise men can get creative tattoos done that can add to their appearance and be appealing to look at, however many get meaningless and not overly creative tattoos.  Tattoos are permanent body art and you need to take the time to find a good and creative tattoo artist to do yours. It might also be a great idea to do some research into the type of tattoos that you are looking to have and take a picture to the artist you choose, rather than just choosing a design off the tattoo parlors wall.

I Love Creative well done tattoos and think they are very beautiful, but wish more people took time to appreciate the difference between high quality and colorful and detailed tattoos vs plain meaningless unappealing tattoos.

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