Can I get a tattoo on a scar?

When you get a tattoo, you need to consider external environmental factors and the physical condition of your skin. Can I get a tattoo on a scar? If you have a scar, you may get the original scar infected. So you should consider whether it may cause local skin infection and other factors. Currently, the methods for treating scars are surgical excision, grinding and laser, which is a relatively effective and very safe method.

①One of the disadvantages of tattoos:

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From a medical and health perspective, tattooing is a behavior that is harmful to health.

First of all, using needle tips to pierce or tattoo the human body is undoubtedly destructive to human skin cells and nerve cells, and is an unhealthy behavior. Secondly, if the needles used for tattoos are not sterilized properly, they can spread a variety of diseases and may even spread viruses such as hepatitis B and AIDS. Again, some people with special physical conditions often suffer from skin allergies, pathological reactions or scars after getting a tattoo.

The skin is the first line of defense of the human body. It can resist damage from external mechanical, physical, and chemical stimuli and the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms, and plays an important role in human health. However, tattoos destroy this line of defense, reducing the body's ability to resist various stimuli, and are especially prone to bacterial infections. Most tattoo artists do not understand medicine, and do not perform disinfection strictly or not at all during tattooing. When the needle tip pierces the skin, bacteria and other pathogenic microorganisms are brought into the body, causing various infectious diseases such as furuncle, carbuncle, erysipelas, impetigo, etc. If the wound area is large, the bacteria are highly virulent, or even grow and multiply in the blood, sepsis may occur and be life-threatening.

②The second disadvantage of tattoos:

The disadvantage of tattoos for individuals is that if the tattoo is in a more obvious part, it may be more difficult to find a job because some work units will not hire people with tattoos.

③The third disadvantage of tattoos:

There are many kinds of pigments used for tattoos, many of which are chemical substances. These chemicals can cause dermatitis and allergies when entering the human body, resulting in local itching, pain, burning sensation, numbness, etc. Some can even cause cell mutations, which is a prelude to cancer. Moreover, tattoos are extremely difficult to remove. Currently, no specific medicine has been developed to remove them. The only way is to undergo plastic surgery.

Tattoo pigments used specifically for tattoos contain heavy metals such as lead, chromium and other compounds. These colored chemical synthetic substances are potentially harmful to the human body and are one of the factors that induce skin cancer.