Can you get a tattoo while pregnant
Getting a tattoo or having a baby is a choice we make in life, and those choices define who we are. Major choices about the unknown in life all just mean that we need to learn.
There have been several times when we have been asked: can I get a tattoo while I am pregnant? To ensure the health of moms-to-be and their babies, we're here to talk to you about it today. We want you to make a choice only after you understand all the risks that may be a sensible choice
What are the risks associated with getting a tattoo during pregnancy?
For pregnant women, the biggest concern that doctors have for them would be infection, and the same goes for Uncle. We all know that not all tattoo parlors follow strict, standard hygiene rules, so by getting a tattoo in one of these substandard parlors, we need to be aware of the risk of some blood-borne infections, and they include staph, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV.
These diseases are dangerous whether you are pregnant or not, and with the addition of pregnancy, there is a high probability of transmitting them to your unborn newborn, regardless of which of these diseases you contract.
Others are such as fever, chills, abscesses, or inflammation due to irregular tattoo coloring, lesions, and a host of changes in the body to combat foreign substances that can have unpredictable consequences, and this is not alarming.
The body becomes more sensitive during pregnancy, which means that the pain level is intensified or doubled when getting a tattoo.
How can a tattoo affect my skin during pregnancy?
Pregnancy causes changes and fluctuations in a woman's hormones, some of which are known to affect the condition of the skin, making it different before and after pregnancy, which can make a difference in the appearance of the tattoo.
Before and after pregnancy, women's skin changes the most places in the abdomen, the second is the buttocks, if you must tattoo during pregnancy, these two places are also the least recommended, but also here is the easiest place to produce stretch marks.
Pregnancy may also produce some other skin problems that affect the final effect of the tattoo, the common ones will be the following.
Urticarial papules and plaques: This is a rash-like hive that can be particularly annoying because it is very itchy, often starting on the abdomen and then spreading to the chest, neck, and extremities.
An itchy rash of pregnancy: This is a benign, nonspecific itchy papule consisting of small bumps of papules.
Herpetic pustules: a skin problem similar to psoriasis.
Hyperpigmentation: Because of hormonal changes that can darken certain areas of the body, such as the face and nipples, this condition occurs in more than 70% of pregnant women.
What areas are not recommended for tattooing during pregnancy?
Tattooing at the back of the back is not recommended during pregnancy because this is where the epidural is done and the epidural anesthetic may affect the appearance of the tattoo.
Part of the tattoo before pregnancy will be deformed after the birth of a child and recovery, where the most likely to deform location is the abdomen and chest, and the least likely to deform location is in the upper and lower extremities, shoulders, and upper back part.
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