psoriasis & tatoos

Nevyn

Yes, I do know there is no point in wasting anyones time going to get a tattoo
on an area that is flared up.

But what about a place that rarely does ?

or as with people who when they get a bad flare up due to what ever until they get it under control it can spread and might spread to a part of the skin ( which it has never happened to before ) on which they have a tattoo ?

( It happens had the joy of it happening to my fecking face last year )

Will a tattooist refuse to work on an area that may be prone to psoriasis ?

If a person gets a tattoo and does have a flare up in on and around it
( the joys of flakiness, raw raised skin ect ) will it effect the skin badly and
will it effect the tattoo ?

po0k

Ask your GP?

I would imagine if inflamed, the ink would leech out, or be gradually promoted to the epidermus and expelled?

Hellrazer

This might help :

http://www.bmeink.com/A41001/tatpsori.html

Star Lord

That link Hellrazer left looks like your best bet for advice - Someone that suffers from psoriasis and has had some work done. My guess is if it's somewhere that isn't affected usually, and it is a design you are sure you want, then I'd say go for it. If it's somewhere that's often affected, then I'd abstain from trying it. From that article, I'd say that you may experience some of the colour falling out, but it doesn't sound too bad.

Best bets would be to consult with a tattoo artist, and possibly with your doctor (although I'd imagine the doctor would probably be against it)

Will

Even though it has never spread to the place where you may get the tattoo, if you do go ahead and get it done you are running the risk that one day it may spread to that area.
I was reading an entry on modblog a year or two ago about the issue. The person in question was actually a doctor who had psoriasis. He went ahead and got the tattoo on his arm.
Maybe go chat with a tattoo artist and see what they say to you. Or maybe even a dermatologist?

Star Lord

I couldn't think of the word dermatologist!!!! Thanks Will lol

Hellrazer

Another concern Id have would be the inks used.Certain colours(reds) have a habit of causing reactions even in people that dont have psoriasis.

Id imagine that these inks could make the condition worse.

Will

I think thats jumping the gun there a bit

Nevyn

It's habitual and genetic so it's something that I live with and try and cut down on things which cause it to flare up but really unless I have a lobotomy a stress free life isn't going to happen

The reason I am it is getting is for personal spiritual reasons and it would not be on a part of my body which would be on show, so even if it fades the act of getting it is what is important.

My Dr has recamended that I look at some UV treatments first to see how it effect the places that are currently flared up and then go from there, she's pretty cool.

I will have to some research into the metals in the inks no point getting one which will have the area constantly flaring up.

Will

afaik most tattoo ink doesn't carry metal in them. I'm probably wrong, Richie!! He will know

Hellrazer

Actually nearly every tattoo ink contains metals.
Some are carcinogenic,some cause reactions,some are "heavy" metals.

Ask your tattooist what brand he uses then research it online.By law in the US the contents have to be in the public domain.

Will

Hmm coulda sworn they didn't (watched mythbusters where they did MRI scans of different tattoo ink)
Only in large quantities did they move.
anyway theres the answer, they contain metal

Gauge

heh heh I was going to go look up that Mythbusters ep too.

Will

Its a good one

Hellrazer

Knew I had a link somewhere about Tattoo Ink chemistry.
Some of the stuff used is just scary.

Then again the best carrier for tattoo ink pigments is supposed to be vodka.........mmmmmmmmmmm

http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Tattoo_ink


http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa121602a.htm

Nevyn

Powder jet! oh boy.

popecatapetal

Did anyone ever trawl back through Modblog posts when they were bored, back to the days when Shannon used to post old newspapers from the early 1900s about tattoos and piercings? I'm not bored enough to do that again to find the post, but I'm almost positive that he posted an article that had one of the contents of tattoo ink from back then being cocaine, to numb the pain:) It was an article encouraging women to get tattoos, assuring them that because of the cocaine, it wouldn't hurt at all:)

Will

yeah i remember it alright. mad stuff