Tattoos, as a popular cultural symbol, are spreading in every corner at an alarming rate. It has become a way to express yourself and show your attitude, from the highly personalized patterns on the stars and big coffees to the simple or complicated designs on the arms of young people in the streets and lanes. However, under this cool and eye-catching appearance, the close relationship between tattoos and skin health is often despised or even ignored.
Skin is the largest organ of human body. It is like a natural protective clothing, which resists the invasion of many harmful factors such as external bacteria, viruses and ultraviolet rays and maintains the stability of the internal environment of the body. When the tattooing needle penetrates the surface layer of the skin again and again and injects pigment into the subcutaneous tissue, the integrity of the skin is broken. This process seems short-lived, but there are many risks hidden behind it. First of all, infection is the primary threat to the skin after tattoo. In the process of tattooing, if the equipment is not disinfected thoroughly and the operating environment is unsanitary, bacteria, fungi and even viruses may sneak in and "camp" on the skin. It may cause local redness, pain and suppuration, and it may cause infection symptoms such as fever all over the body, which brings a heavy burden to the body and turns the originally expected beautiful tattoo into a scar on the skin.
Tattoo pigments are not as "harmless" as imagined. Some inferior pigments contain heavy metals, such as mercury, lead and cadmium. These harmful substances may not only cause direct irritation to the skin during the tattoo process, but also cause allergic reactions, itching, rash and other uncomfortable symptoms, and will gradually accumulate in the skin. In the long run, they are like latent "health killers", which may interfere with the normal metabolism of the skin and even have the potential risk of inducing cell lesions. Moreover, the self-repair mechanism of the skin after tattooing will be activated. During the growth process, the texture and appearance of the new skin tissue may be different from that of the surrounding normal skin, and permanent scars may be left, especially for those who are prone to scar hyperplasia. The probability of towering and hard keloids after tattooing is greatly increased, which seriously affects the beauty and touch of the skin.
Skin also undertakes important physiological functions such as regulating body temperature, secretion and excretion. After tattooing, the skin structure in this area changes, which will affect its normal function to some extent. Especially when sweating a lot, the sweat excretion at the tattoo site may be blocked, which is easy to breed bacteria and further increase the probability of skin problems.
Tattooing seems to be a short-term trend, but it has a long-term and far-reaching impact on skin health. On the road of pursuing individuality and fashion, we should pay more attention to our own skin health. Before deciding on tattoos, we should deeply understand the possible skin risks, choose a formal and professional tattoo institution to ensure the hygiene of the equipment and the safety of the pigments, and at the same time, do a good job of nursing after tattoos and pay close attention to the skin condition. Once there is any abnormality, we should seek medical treatment in time, so as to show our personality and minimize the damage to skin health, so that the skin can still protect our bodies healthily while bearing beautiful tattoos. After all, the health of the skin is the most precious "background color" in our life.
