Tattoos are no longer a clichéd adornment found only on the bodies of former inmates and motorcycle gangs. Regardless of who has them, they are still a somewhat dangerous way of adorning one’s body.
One of the biggest problems with tattoos is that people frequently don’t know they are allergic to tattoo ink until after it has already been injected under the surface layer of skin by the needles. Depending on the severity of the allergy, major repercussions and a trip to the hospital could be in store for the allergic individual.
The other huge problem with tattoos is that many parlors are not careful to follow to the rules of sanitation as they should be. Tattoo parlors are governed by state laws, just like hair salons and nail salons. The difference is that these parlors are potentially dealing with a person’s bodily fluids, including their blood, when they are performing their service. As such, considering the number of diseases transmitted by blood, tattoo parlors need to be extremely careful when they are sanitizing their materials.
In addition to ensuring proper sanitation of the materials, they also need to ensure that the utensils remain sterile between the sterilization process and the tattooing process. This means that the tattoo artist should not test the efficacy of the needles on his own skin prior to starting a tattoo on a customer. It also means that the utensils need to be sanitized after every customer, or at least before they are used on the next customer.
Contact a Minneapolis Personal Injury Lawyer
If you have contracted AIDS or hepatitis due to the improper sterilization processes of a tattoo parlor, contact the Minneapolis personal injury lawyer of Terry, Slane, & Ruohonen, P.L.L.C. at 612-362-0000.
