Diseases from Tattoos

Tattoos have become a ubiquitous part of society and are now found on people from all walks of life. Even the most conservative individual may have a tattoo that cannot be seen by the ordinary person. While these body adornments are praised as art, many people don’t realize the risks they are taking by getting a tattoo.

Tattoos involve a tiny needle that can pierce the skin 3,000 times in a single minute injecting ink beneath the upper layer of the skin. This makes the ink permanent and not likely to be torn away as the upper layers of skin are removed with time.

When the skin is pierced by the needle, there is some blood that is exposed to the needle. In addition, the blood that the needle picked up the previous time through the skin can be injected into the skin in subsequent piercings.

The blood that is deposited on a needle in a tattoo parlor, while it should be, is not always exclusive to the one person the needle is working on. If the parlor does not sanitize all of its equipment after every use, there is a very good chance that there is blood or some other fluid on a tattoo needle that can be deposited into the next customer.

That blood carries with it the risk of transmitting blood-borne diseases to the next person. Some blood borne diseases that are commonly transmitted by a tattoo needle include AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, tetanus, syphilis, tuberculosis, and anything that else that can be transmitted by contact with someone else’s blood.

To prevent the spread of these diseases, there are laws in place that dictate how a tattoo parlor is supposed to clean its equipment. Unfortunately, not all parlors are as strict with this as they should be.

Contact a Madison Personal Injury Lawyer

If you have been diagnosed with Hepatitis or some other blood borne disease due to the negligent cleaning practices of a tattoo parlor, contact the Madison personal injury lawyers of Habush Habush, & Rottier, S.C. at 1-800-242-2874.