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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 7:16 am
Piercing? Where?
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 12:51 pm
Interesting. Just watching a news report on Global (Canada), and they are saying that many doctors nowadays are no going to give an epidural needle to women whose lower back tattoos would interfere. The fear is that ink is a foreign substance, and if it gets into the spinal column, there can be problems. Something to think about I guess....
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Tigerfan
Member
11-06-2003
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 12:56 pm
That is interesting Eeyore! Never really thought about the ink going anywhere... I wonder if that is similar to the reason you cant donate blood for a year (or was it 6 mo.'s?) after getting a tattoo?
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 1:17 pm
They actually changed that rule, at least in the US. I guess that you could give blood within hours of getting a tattoo, just as long as you have proof that it was done in a licensed shop and all that.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 1:19 pm
They gave me my epidural right in the direct center of my lowerback tat.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 1:22 pm
Yeah, I gave blood in May, less than a year after my last tattoo. Mocha, I dunno... I have a couple of locations I am thinking about. I can't believe I am addicted to body modifying. Someone told me I need my head examined.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 1:23 pm
I was turned down to give blood for my dad's operation because my tattoo was only 5 months old.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 1:25 pm
Maybe the laws differ state to state? I am so jonesing for a body modification. Nic, what do you think? Piercing or tat?
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Tigerfan
Member
11-06-2003
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 1:32 pm
Maybe they do have different laws for each state? The licensed shop thing sounds plausible, Saxy. Get both Hermi! We're already designing our next ones! So addicting!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 1:38 pm
Oh Hermi ... I'm not really a piercing kind of girl. But I do like a nice tat. I'd like to add to mine as well ... maybe on my next birthday. What kind of tat are you thinking of Hermi??
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 1:52 pm
I'm leaning towards a piercing. My next tattoo will be a four-leaf clover on my abdomen or a moon on my butt.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 2:01 pm
What would you pierce Hermi?? I love both of your tattoo idea's ... very cool! I'd like to add flowers or swirley thingies to mine .. make it more girly, softer. Any idea's??
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 2:21 pm
Hermi, here is a place to find some ideas for piercings. http://www.bmezine.com/pierce/bme-pirc.html
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 2:45 pm
My friend's daughter has one of those tattoos across her lower back and had to have an MRI to better visualize her kidney stones. The techs told her that she might burn badly there because there is something in the ink that reacts with the magnetic stuff. I don't recall if she did burn, but I remember well the tech's face when she saw the tattoo.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 4:01 pm
One of the things they said on the TV report (talking from a Canadian perspective) was that there aren't many controls over "tattoo" places up here, and that shops don't "tell" you those warnings ahead of time, and most artists are hardly well-informed. They cut to some burly tattoo guy going "I don't THINK it would be any problem to women during child birth, but I don't know really about the childbirth stuff." I personally think it was one of those "scare pieces" that are so popular with news teams right now. It is interesting about anything magnetic in the ink, for MRIs. What's the deal with "licensing" up here Shadoe? Do tattoo licenses exist?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 4:20 pm
They had an ep on House about a patient getting an MRI that had jailhouse tatts and it does something to the ink and made it very painful. But that was tv...
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 4:22 pm
I have a four leaf clover on my tummy, lower left side by my hip kinda.....underneath it it says "lucky you" Hee hee....oh to be 19 again.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 4:24 pm
That is very, very cute Escapee!! Love it! 
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 8:32 pm
Shops most definitely must be licensed. I don't know but it must be a provincial thing. I do know that the conventions have people who are very particular about standards being upheld because they seem to be around all the time, checking up on the artists and what's going on. There are many types of inks and the ingredients may well vary. Tattoo ink ingredients under scrutiny by Health Canada Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny I do know that the reputable shops have artists who are very concerned about the health side of their tools and practises - while the normal joe may not know much about the contents, the artists are aware.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 11:33 am
Got my first tattoo yesterday! I'd been thinking of getting one to help cover a scar from ankle surgery. Won $200 at a car show (got People's Choice and Exhibitor's Choice awards), so I sprung $70 for this on my ankle. I love it!
Not bad for a 50-year-old broad, eh? 
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 11:36 am
Yay, Max! Very cool! I like it a lot! Love the little star and moon inside the Yin-Yang symbol.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 11:42 am
I want to get my next tattoo in California with Mamie and Nic. I satisfied my body modification itch this summer with something very special. 
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 11:47 am
Got a pic Hermi??
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 11:52 am
Not on me. Do you? 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 12:14 pm
You and Nic can get your tattoos and I'll watch!
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