Lead in the ink of tattoos

lestat21 · 05-12-2011 5:01pm #1

Hi ya,

I havent got any tattoos but I would consider getting one in the future. Watcing house, I learned that some tattoo ink contains lead and so anyone with a tattoo cannot get an MRI (i think thats the scan that was mentioned). Is this true?? If so, is there any inks that do not use lead??

Arawn · 05-12-2011 5:06pm

It's a lie.

Dercola · 05-12-2011 7:17pm

I'm not saying its a flat out lie, but I can remember watching an episode of Mythbusters some time ago, where they tested this out out..
First they tattoo's a pig carcase & placed it next to a high powered radio broadcast tower. Then eventually, one of the heavily tattoo'd girls actually climbed into an MRI machine herself.. Both tests were pretty conclusive in saying that tats aren't really affected by getting an MRI..

From what I was lead to believe, its the much older tattoo inks that contained traces of lead.. Nowadays, they are mostly composed of metal salts & vegtable dyes....

You should be safe as houses

TEMPLAR KNIGHT · 05-12-2011 8:29pm

ya they tested ot on mythbusters twas ok for the girl with the tattoos she wasnt affected at all

lestat21 · 05-12-2011 11:08pm

Mythbusters.... il def need to take a look at that episode!!

Broxi_Bear_Eire · 06-12-2011 2:01am

Load of nonsense I have tattoos and have had three MRI scans to date And everything is OK

Atavan-Halen · 06-12-2011 1:16pm

I had an MRI and the reason they ask if you have tattoos is because if you have a tattoo in the area they're scanning, it might obscure the scan and so they inject a dye into you to see the area. That's what they told me anyways!

zero19 · 06-12-2011 3:44pm

I had an MRI last month nothing was said to me about the tattoos.

uch · 06-12-2011 4:14pm

I have many tattoos and have also had several MRI's, I've never had a problem, and some of my Tattoos are over 25 years old so if any of them had lead it would be mine

Lead in the ink of tattoos

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