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RELEASE FORM

Dark Matter Collective

503 N. Neil St. Champaign, IL 61821

217-355-5077

What to Know Before Getting a Tattoo

While a tattoo may only take a few minutes to acquire, it is permanent.  You should understand the risks and research the process before getting a tattoo.  Tattooing involves breaking the skin, one of your body's main protective barriers.  This means you may be more susceptible to skin and blood infections.  Specific risk include:  

Bloodborne diseases.  If the equipment used to do your tattoo is contaminated with the blood of an infected person you can contract a number of serious bloodborne diseases.  These include hepatitis C, hepatitis B, tetanus, and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Skin infections.  The use of unsterile equipment or re-used ink can result in skin infections, ranging from minor to potentially serious antibiotic resistant infections.  Symptoms may include redness, swelling, or pus-like drainage.

Granulomas.  Bumps may form around the site of the tattoo as a reaction to the ink.

Scars and keloids.  The ink may cause scars and keloids (raised, ridged areas caused by overgrowth of scar tissues).

Allergic reactions.  The ink may cause an itchy rash at the tattoo site.

Swelling or burning.  Tattooed areas may swell or burn during Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams.

 

Additional topics to discuss with your body art processional include their Bloodborne Pathogen Training, the establishment's proficiency requirements and infection control plan.

If abnormal itching, irritation, redness, swelling, or fever should appear, please contact a physician immediately.  These could be signs of a potentially serious medical condition that should be addressed..  

To ensure that your body art procedure heals properly, we ask that you disclose if you have or have had any of the following conditions. Disclosure does not legally prevent you from having a body art procedure. Check all that apply.
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