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Tattoos come with a price tag on the back!

None | ByIndo-Asian News Service, Germany
May 08, 2006 07:27 PM IST

Large tattoos on the lower back and buttocks could lead to childbirth pangs, says a study.

Large tattoos on the lower back and buttocks can lead to problems for women during childbirth, as the marking could prevent doctors from applying a local anaesthetic, reported the German medical journal Arzte Zeitung.

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Tattoos are frequently positioned on the lower back, precisely where doctors inject the painkiller along the spine.

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Injecting through tattooed skin carries the risk of transmitting allergens or poisonous pigments into deep tissues, leading to irritation.

The study was based on work by a researcher at the University of California in San Diego. Doctors have been encouraged to use a different, more complicated method of providing anaesthesia to women with such tattoos.

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