What harm does tattooing do to the body?

Modern people are more open-minded and pay more attention to acting according to their own will in life. Among them, some personalized decoration of the body is quite popular. Among them, tattoos are a representative personalized decoration behavior. Using tattoos to add some patterns that can represent self-awareness to the body has been sought after by many people. However, tattoos have certain side effects. Let’s take a look at what harm tattoos do to the body?

The harms of tattoos include:

1. Damage to the skin:

Using needle tips to pierce or tattoo the human body is destructive to skin cells and nerve cells and is not conducive to health.

The skin is the first line of defense of the human body, which can resist the damage of external mechanical, physical, and chemical stimulation and the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms. Tattoos damage the skin and are prone to bacterial infections such as boils, carbuncles, 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.

2. Cause skin allergic reaction:

There are many kinds of pigments used for tattoos, many of which are chemical substances. These chemicals can cause dermatitis and allergies when they enter the human body, resulting in local itching, pain, burning sensation, numbness, etc., or leaving scars. The result is that the beauty is lost and the ugliness becomes the result.

3. Concurrent skin diseases:

Certain skin diseases are prone to occur in tattooed areas, such as keloid, lichen planus, psoriasis, discoid lupus erythematosus, as well as sarcoidosis, melanoma, keratoacanthoma, warts, squamous cell carcinoma, and skin carcinoma in situ. Many of them may be an isomorphic reaction to tattoo stimulation.

4. Induce skin cancer:

According to research, tattoo pigments 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. They can cause cell mutations and cancer.

5. Spreading diseases:

If tattoo needles are not sterilized properly, they can spread a variety of diseases, such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B, AIDS, leprosy, syphilis and pyoderma.

6. Tattoos are extremely difficult to remove. The only way is to undergo plastic surgery, which may cause psychological barriers to patients.