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wow

personanlly i would get to the docs and get it treated before the tattoo cover up. i wouldnt tattoo your fella because of it! once its gone then yes

Yeah staph is easy to get and give, and can kill.      Whats up with everyone sick?         

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He needs to go see his doctor about that. I know MMA sports don't have a set season so he wouldn't have traditional down time from training, working or fighting. He will need to wait till his tattoo is completely healed before getting in that dirty ass ring with another bleeding sweating guy.

This may sound a bit redundant as I'm sure none (or very few) people on here have a phd, but does anyone know if I clean the tattoo area with a antibacterial disinfectant wipe prior to working on it will this help prevent a staph infection?

From what I've read it's a bacteria that's laying on the skin surface that infects the body through open wounds.

cleaning work surface before working - this is standard protocol

Is cleaning the skin area with Green Soap enough to prevent Straph infection?
I also use an antiseptic called "Dettol" to clean the skin and to print the design.
Its ingredients:
- PINE OIL
- ISOPROPYLC ALCOHOL
- CHLOROXYLENOL (4-CHLORO-3, 5-XYLENOL)

Does this do the job (I use both, one after the other, just to be sure)?

This is the best tattoo forum that i've log on to.

shortyrock, on Jun 24 2007, 12:11 PM, said:

I'm a nurse and I've had cellulitis strike twice from tattooing MY leg despite all MY cleanliness, etc. It happens. Tattooing legs can be tricky as well just because of circulatory issues in themselves. And yes, I wouldn't get another tattoo just yet and tax your body's immune system any further. Let it fight the current infection and heal before adding yet MORE stress on it.

Alvin, on Jun 26 2007, 02:18 AM, said:

Antibacterial wipes normally say that they should NOT be used on skin. They can contain carcinogenic chemicals that kill germs and viruses and aren't to be used on skin directly but on work surfaces, etc. I recommend just cleaning the skin with green soap or an antibacterial soap mix prior to tattooing.

Ju, on Jul 18 2007, 01:17 PM, said:

The label says that Dettol should NOT be applied to the skin full strength as I recall. I used to use it for stencils full-strength until I read that on the label. I've since converted trial-size deoderant for all my stencils now...

Supreme, on Sep 27 2007, 11:19 PM, said:

Yeah full strength Detol should not be used. A friend of my daughter used it on an eyebrow piercing he got and ended up with a huge burn-like sore over his whole eyebrow, it burned the skin really bad.

LisaSpud, on Oct 4 2007, 05:03 AM, said:

Another good thing to use for applying stencils and for cleaning the area to be tattooed are the alcohol wipes that ya buy from the chemist. $5 for 500 and 1 per tattoo is enough for stencil application and cleaning prior

Supreme, on Sep 27 2007, 02:17 PM, said:

The wipes I'm referring to are used to clean the skin after an abrasion. They're specifically designed to be used to clean the wound of bacteria.

My mum used to use Dettol dabbed onto a cloth when we were kids for the same thing. Hurt like a MF!!!!

I shaded the rim of my Rolling Stone's tongue in with Intenze black ink. I gouged a few spots pretty good and I couldn't understand why this happened because I did even thicker shading just below this tatt and that one healed just fine, no gouging. I can't figure out why, but maybe the voltage setting had something to do with it? if you hammer the needle harder are you prone to getting gouged?
The area around the tatty that got gouged also broke out in tiny red pimples which went away in a day or so. My girlfriend says that they were from shaving.

I was in some pain and the redness around the tatty led me to believe that it too was infected like Jason's. No sign of honeycombing but definately red and painjful. I will heal with time and if the honeycombs start dripping with ooze I will go to the croker.

I would post a pic but my shitty camera doesn't get that close for detail shots. need to buy a good camera.

This is definately valuable info. Thanks Jason!

This post has been edited by needles: 17 November 2007 - 05:24 PM

so i was tattooed last friday, (leg) had no complications on saturday, but woke up on sunday unable to walk. i knew the pain was unnecessary because i had had my other leg done 3 wks ago with no problems. i had followed my aftercare as usual, and had kept my leg properly elevated. i tried adding a dab of neosporin to it yesterday, and it bubbled and got this gross slimy sheen to it. i freaked out and ran it under lukewarm water to rinse off the oinment and my ink physically started to "wash" off. after it dried though, it went back to looking dull and "greeny". i went into urgent care this morning and found out what i had suspected, i had contracted a staph infection, but my doctor said that its not uncommon to have a "dry" infection without pustules or honeycombs but even if its just intense pain and heat, to still have it checked asap because a strain of MRSA is going around and can be very harmfull and hard to treat.
what sucks is you can catch this anywhere, my fiancee may have brought it home from visiting his grandma at the hospital, or when we went shopping ect...

i'm posting some pics in case anyone thinks they may have staph. the first one is pre-infection, the rest are post infection. i will also post more when its healed. i was given a prescription for antibiotics, told to stay home for 2-3 days while the culture for MRSA processed, keep the tattoo dry, and to keep my leg elevated as much as possible.



edit: guess you cant tell much from the photos, too tiny of a load size:)

This post has been edited by jenny612: 26 November 2007 - 02:48 PM

Dayum, how did i miss this thread?

Totally gaz.

hey jason. My kitty looks just like the cutie on your arm

Look down and hit the link on you-tube. I have some videos of me and my girlfriend walking our cat Weezer . Just look for the video that has just over 1000 hits!!


Cheers!

This post has been edited by needles: 28 November 2007 - 03:06 AM

i have seen this before and i find it happens in the bends of the body more however my wife had one on her leg, we're pretty sure its cause she was caking on the cream so the air couldn't get at it, since then i make sure to tell people to rub it in like suntan lotion and only apply a little at a time and let the air get at it cause air is a tatttooo's best friend, my brother in laws look'd as bad as yours jason and it went away on its own