Comments on: Tainted ink guilty in tattoo infection outbreak

By: myriam wise

myriam wise — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:43:42 +0000

same here in cali

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:25:24 +0000

Hi Terri, I sent you an email.
To give an update, the dermatologist ended up doing a biopsy, I now have three stitches in my tattoo that will scar. The first biopsy came back and she said that it did not look good, however she is waiting for the second one to come back to compare the two. I have an appointment on December 20th with her to get the results. Tattoo is still infected and hurts. :(

By: terri

terri — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 12:56:53 +0000

sry deb this is my e mail scissorhandterri at yahoo dot com

By: terri

terri — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 12:55:46 +0000

Debbie Id like to talk to u please e mail me scissorhadterri at yahoo dot com. Im in florida got some questions thanks

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:24:05 +0000

Went to the Sturgis rally this year and refused to get a tattoo from anyone. I told my husband that I only wanted Asylum to do our tattoo’s. We looked all over and sure enough, there they were, they are a company that comes to big bike rally’s and bring their most talented people with them. I found them in Florida at the BiketOberFest and LOVED the work we had done. This is what made me look for them at Sturgis. Well, we found them and my tattoo has been infected since two weeks after I got it, which was early August. I have been to the hospital they gave me antibiotics, 14 days later, went to my Dr., he gave me different antibiotics, 10 days later, went to Dr, got different antibiotics, now three months later, I am scheduled to hit the dermatologist on November 20th. And as the article says, it’s all in the grey shaded areas, which is just about the entire tattoo. It has red bumps all over it, dry, itchy, and painful when something touches it. I have never experienced this before and never want to again. I’m sure it was the water like they are saying above. I’m really more upset that the tattoo is fading from the cream that the hospital gave me. It’s a tattoo for my little sister who was shot and killed by her ex-husband while she was sleeping. It’s probably the only tattoo that I got to help heal my soul. I am praying the dermatologist can do something and then I am hoping to have it gone over to bring it back to life. I wish the rest of you luck. This by the way will not stop me from getting any other tattoo in the future, if I decide I want another.

By: Jennn

Jennn — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:08:06 +0000

I recently got an infection from a shaded part of my tattoo. I got stars and shading all the way down my spine, and now I have 3 red bumps near my pants line. I dont know what its only in one location.. but it hurts to wear pants right now. Went to the doc, and they gave me septra ds tablets (no idea what it is, but its an antibotic..) and hasnt done any help in the last few days.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:36:49 +0000

This is another scary but long-awaited outcome of the flourishing tattooing fad- florid bacterial infections. The mention of “…standard antibiotics—azithromycin and doxycycline—…” is disturbing. I believe these HAD been last-line treatments for antibiotic resistant bacteria.

The reality of these outbreaks should give pause to consider why, in the service of fashion, such large flocks pay to suffer the transformation of their skin into hosts for bacterial incubators; travelling, shedding incubators hosting bacteria that will require new prescriptions for antibiotic uses, and evolve to resist them. Has anyone looked to see if outbreaks of necrotizing fascitis, MRSA, cellulitis and such correlate with recent tattooing?

Just how did the pressure to buy permanent tattooed memorializations- or often just coarse advertising- break out in the same society that can’t bear to be seen wearing last season’s pants? That darned evolution- is there anything it can’t do?

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:17:53 +0000

My brother developed a rash after getting a tattoo recently. I believe this is the same infection that was written about in the Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2018972007_tattoo23.html This is definitely not a good thing.