The military and police not too long ago revised rules so that individuals with inoffensive tattoos can serve within the forces. The adjustments come as tattoos, as soon as related to organized crime in Korea, have turn into well-liked amongst younger individuals from all walks of life.
Nevertheless, medical doctors warning that tattoos generally is a well being hazard and advise younger individuals to suppose twice earlier than getting one.
Dermatologists advise in opposition to tattoos because of the probably dangerous results for the pores and skin. Tattoos are utilized with needles that push ink below the pores and skin layer. This could trigger infections and even result in pores and skin decay. In some instances, tattoo ink particles have been present in individuals’s lung tissue.
Crackdowns on unlawful tattoo parlors have typically led to the invention of ink with extreme quantities of lead, cadmium, arsenic and different heavy metals.
In response to the Korean Dermatological Affiliation, 55 p.c of individuals with tattoos remorse them later.
Dermatologist Choi Kwang-ho mentioned, “I typically see instances the place individuals who received tattoos out of curiosity once they have been younger come to have them eliminated once they become older. They’ll solely be eliminated with lasers.”
The lasers trigger particles solely within the components of pores and skin which have been tainted by ink to blow up.
Dermatologist Lim Ee-seok mentioned, “Laser removals of enormous and darkish tattoos within the again and arms, the place the pores and skin is near the bone, can go away scars as a result of the thick layers of pores and skin don’t heal as nicely. The method is sort of painful even with painkillers, and it prices some huge cash.”
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