Needles found at illegal tattoo studio
Contaminated needles and clinical waste found at illegal tattoo studio As if by some sort of surprise, news reports tell of contaminated needles and clinical waste found at an illegal […]
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Tattooist finds needle in arm decades later
An amateur tattooist, obviously not a very good one, who lost a half-inch needle in his arm was surprised to find it 40 years later—in one of his big toes. […]
NICE recommendations for needle risk over beauty treatments
The BBC is today reporting concerns regarding disease transmission – Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and HIV – associated with hygiene failures during high-street piercing outlets. To offer a piercing service, outlets […]
Waste from tattooists
Though tattoos seem to be more popular then ever and a permanent adornment of the rich and famous, and those who wish to emulate them, there is much data to suggest that their […]
Bloodborne virus warning over illegal tattooists
There seem to be plenty of tattooists in the UK but perhaps that really isn’t enough to go around, or they are too expensive. As a – very poor – […]
Backstreet tattoos
Concern in Hartlepool about several backstreet tattooists operating there. “Several investigations have recently been carried out in Hartlepool into unregistered tattoo and piercing businesses operating out of private homes. “Those […]