What harm does tattoo do to the skin?

Needle puncture and tattooing are harmful to human skin cells and nerve cells.

Skin is the first line of defense of human body, which can resist the injury of external mechanical, physical and chemical stimuli and the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms. Tattoos damage the skin and easily lead to bacterial infections, such as furuncle, carbuncle, erysipelas, impetigo and so on. If the wound area is large, bacteria are toxic and even grow and multiply in the blood, they will suffer from sepsis.

2, complicated with skin diseases:

It is reported that some skin diseases, such as keloid, lichen planus, psoriasis and discoid lupus erythematosus, as well as sarcoidosis, melanoma, keratoacanthoma, wart, squamous cell carcinoma and carcinoma in situ, many of which may be isomorphic reactions to tattoo stimulation.

3, induce skin cancer:

According to research, tattoo pigments specially used for tattoos contain heavy metals such as lead and chromium and other compounds. These colored chemical synthetic substances are potentially harmful to people's health and are one of the factors that induce skin cancer, which will lead to cell mutation and canceration.

4. Spreading diseases:

If the needle used for tattooing is not disinfected, it will spread many diseases, such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B, AIDS, leprosy, syphilis and pyoderma.

5. It is extremely difficult to remove tattoos. The only way is plastic surgery, which may bring psychological obstacles to patients.

Extended data:

Uncomfortable tattoo situation

1, suffering from skin infectious diseases: The main reason why this kind of people are not suitable for tattooing is that the wounds caused by tattooing have not healed well, and the effect of tattooing will be greatly affected due to the skin relationship. (such as eczema, urticaria, psoriasis, etc. )

2, diabetic patients: a very important condition of diabetes is "immune dysfunction", tattoos will make the wound difficult to heal.

3. Patients with heart disease: This group of people is a high-risk group, and strong stimulation may trigger the patient's condition.

4. Pigment and anesthetic allergy: It may cause skin allergy and physical discomfort, and also affect the quality of tattoo patterns.

5. Female menstrual period: Girls at this stage are weak and have poor immunity, which is not suitable for tattoos.

6. During pregnancy: The stimulation during tattooing may affect the normal development of the fetus.

7. Drunk and unconscious people: This kind of people are not suitable for tattooing, because the tattooing process may be complicated and it is easy to cause disputes afterwards.

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