POSEIDON| Can I Get a Tattoo While Pregnant?

Getting a tattoo or having a child is one of those choices in our lives that define who we are. Major choices about the unknown in life all just mean we need to learn.

Uncle has been asked on several occasions: can I get a tattoo while pregnant? To ensure the health of the moms-to-be and their babies, Uncle is here today to talk to you about this question.

For pregnant women, the biggest concern that doctors have for them would be infections, and likewise for Uncle. We all know that not all tattoo parlors follow strict, standard hygiene rules, so by getting a tattoo in one of these substandard parlors, we need to be aware of the risk of a number of blood-borne infections, and they include: staphylococcus, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and AIDS.

These diseases are dangerous whether you are pregnant or not and with the addition of pregnancy, there is a high probability of transmitting them to your unborn newborn regardless of which of the above mentioned infections you contract.

There are other things such as fever, chills, abscesses or inflammation due to unorthodox tattoo colors, lesions, and a whole host of changes in the body to fight off foreign objects that can have unforeseen consequences, and it's not like Uncle is being an alarmist.

The body becomes more sensitive during pregnancy, which means that when getting a tattoo, the pain level is intensified or doubled

Pregnancy causes changes and fluctuations in a woman's hormone production, and some of these hormones affect the condition of the skin, making it different before and after pregnancy, which can also make a difference in the appearance of tattoos.

The area where a woman's skin changes the most before and after pregnancy is the abdomen, followed by the hips, and if you must get a tattoo during pregnancy, these are also the two least recommended areas and the most likely to develop stretch marks.

There are a number of other skin problems that can occur during pregnancy that can affect the final outcome of the tattoo, some common ones are as follows:

Hives papules and plaques: these are rash-like hives that are particularly annoying because they are very itchy and usually start on the abdomen and then spread to the chest, neck and extremities.

Itchy pregnancy rash: this is a benign non-specific pruritic papule consisting of small patches of papules.

Herpetic pustules: a skin problem similar to psoriasis.

Hyperpigmentation: darkening of certain parts of the body (such as the face and nipples) due to hormonal changes, which occurs in more than 70% of pregnant women.

Tattoos in the posterior region are also not recommended during pregnancy, as this is where epidurals are given and the epidural anesthetic may affect the appearance of the tattoo.

A part of the tattoo before pregnancy will be deformed after giving birth and recovering, with the most deformed locations being the abdomen and chest, and the least deformed locations being in the upper and lower extremities, shoulders and upper back portion.

A portion of the tattoo before pregnancy is deformed after delivery and recovery, with the most deformed areas being the abdomen and chest, and the least deformed areas being the upper and lower extremities, shoulders, and upper back portion.

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