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Tattoos interfere with your body, which is therefore not immune to side effects. However, a professional tattoo studio will inform you about the risks beforehand
These side effects can occur with tattoos
Tattoos are works of art that literally get under your skin. Anyone who opts for this form of body art will have wounds inflicted with the help of a tattoo needle and special ink, which carry obvious risks and side effects.
- Because wounds on the skin can always become infected as soon as germs get in. These do not necessarily have to come from a poorly disinfected tattoo needle, but can also enter later if insufficient aftercare is provided after the session
- In addition, tattooing penetrates the natural protective barrier of your skin. This means that it is already more susceptible to viruses, bacteria and fungi entering it and causing infections
- If the tattoo parlor you have chosen for yourself does not take hygiene as seriously as it should, you can even become infected with dangerous diseases such as HIV or hepatitis.
- Also, it cannot be ruled out that some sensitive skin may heal after tattooing, but unsightly scars may result.
The debate about tattoo colors
In addition to the act of tattooing itself, which is damaging to the skin, dermatologists are particularly critical of the inks that are injected with the needle. This is because they can not only trigger allergic reactions in freshly tattooed people, but even anaphylactic shock in the worst case.
- On the one hand, the colored images naturally cover up human skin, which otherwise provides a clear indication in some cases of illness as to whether something is wrong with your health. For example, if skin cancer develops and moles change, experts are often only able to recognize this very late or not at all due to the masking body art
- In addition, the color that the tattoo artist injects under your skin doesn’t just stay there. The tiniest particles make their way via your bloodstream to various organs. There they are deposited, for example in the lymph glands and liver.
- According to the consumer advice center, it is still partly unclear what effect the color pigments can have there. There is a lack of meaningful studies. A classic assumption does not rule out carcinogenic effects
- However, it is clear that there are still enough paints in circulation that do not meet the specified standards. Thousands of harmful substances in them have only been banned or restricted across the EU since 2022. These include, in particular, carcinogenic or mutagenic substances
- You should also bear in mind that if you suddenly no longer like the tattoo, you cannot simply remove it. As a rule, you will also have to bear the costs yourself – health insurance will not cover them
