Tattooing is an invasive operation.
Tattoos can be traced back to primitive times. Our ancestors used white mud or fuel to draw lines on their bodies and faces to beautify themselves and scare their enemies. This is also a reflection of primitive society's reverence for totems and decorative arts. For a long time in history, tattoos were designed to leave an indelible mark on slaves and criminals. However, modern young people regard tattoo as a symbol of personality or belief, and think it is a very fashionable artistic expression. Of course, on some occasions, it embodies the status. When I was working as a coolie in a hospital, I met a gangster with tattoos all over his body. It was quite scary to think about it.
Strictly speaking, tattooing is also called tattooing, which refers to using colored needles to penetrate into the bottom layer of the skin and make some patterns or words on the skin. Tattooing is an invasive operation because it pierces the skin, smears pigment on the wound and makes the body have a permanent pattern.
Since you have poked a hole in your skin, pathogens such as bacteria and viruses can take advantage of it, which may lead to various infectious diseases, from superficial tissue infections such as furuncle and carbuncle to bloody systemic infections such as endocarditis and septicemia like the girl above, and even death due to multiple organ failure. Some people think that they can sit back and relax after eating antibiotics, but they don't know that antibiotics are not only ineffective for viral infections such as hepatitis B, AIDS and syphilis, but also for bacteria that are not even resistant to antibiotics. Not only infectious diseases, but also physical and chemical stimulation caused by tattoos can lead to various immune problems and even cancer.
Since it is an invasive operation, the tattooing equipment must be strictly inspected according to the operating standards, and the equipment must be disposable or disinfected. However, in China, almost all tattoo artists have not received formal medical training, let alone the normalization of equipment processing.
Tattoo industry needs to be standardized
So far, all the tattoo places I have seen are small shops with "tattoo" neon lights hanging in alleys or roadside. Obviously, tattoo, as an invasive and invasive operation, should belong to the category of medical beauty. Theoretically, the implementer must be a doctor with professional qualification of cosmetic surgery, and the place of implementation must also be a medical institution that complies with the Regulations on the Administration of Medical Institutions. However, there is no clear provision about tattoos in national laws, and the Measures for the Administration of Medical Beauty Services promulgated in 2002 did not include tattoos in medical beauty. Therefore, the tattoo industry in China is in a gray area, which is unsupervised.
In Europe and America, where tattoos are common, tattoo artists need special training and get a license after passing the exam. The practice place must also be approved by the government professional institutions before issuing the practice license. Before tattooing, customers need to sign an informed consent form to inform them of the possible risks of tattooing. Some countries have special laws on tattoos.
It can be seen that in order to reduce the personal injury caused by tattoos and reduce the risk of tattoo demanders, relevant departments need to formulate relevant laws and regulations to regulate and supervise the industry.