Tattoo Safety

basil6345789 · Post by **basil6345789** » Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:14 pm

Are COSHH sheets mandated to be provided by tattoo artists for the inks used (carcinogens, etc), what is the regulation for this practice? The vast majority of inks appear to come from China.

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 10:11 am

Saw a guy with love and hate totoos on his fingers. Sad really as when i saw them they read love and hat as he had lost his little finger on his right hand

GetIntoEm · Post by **GetIntoEm** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 10:19 am

basil6345789 wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:14 pm
Are COSHH sheets mandated to be provided by tattoo artists for the inks used (carcinogens, etc), what is the regulation for this practice? The vast majority of inks appear to come from China.

I'm not sure tattoos are for you

RickyBobby · Post by **RickyBobby** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 12:43 pm

This is like asking to see the risk assessment for smoking crack.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 12:51 pm

It'll soon be football season.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 12:55 pm

I just had an allergy test that involved 10 pricks on each arm which i didn't overly enjoy.

Don't think i'll be looking like the ******* child of a school desk and an ordinance survey map anytime soon.....

Walton · Post by **Walton** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 12:56 pm

The EU brought in a ban on inks containing certain chemicals, however one of the Brexit benefits is that the UK is free to crack on using carcinogenic inks.

Cheers Nige!

GetIntoEm · Post by **GetIntoEm** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:25 pm

Most reputable artists use high quality inks anyway.

wadeswondergoal · Post by **wadeswondergoal** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:38 pm

I had all my tattoos done in a crack den up Burnley Wood. Made sure I shared needles too so that cancer would be the last thing I’d be worried about.

Commy · Post by **Commy** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:41 pm

Every time I have an MRI they ask if I have any tattoos and then they ask where they were done. I had mine done in Bulgaria which passes the test for the scan

ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:44 pm

wadeswondergoal wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:38 pm
I had all my tattoos done in a crack den up Burnley Wood. Made sure I shared needles too so that cancer would be the last thing I’d be worried about.

I think it's more about fat Tony who has all the diseases known to man that they'd be more worried about.

AfloatinClaret · Post by **AfloatinClaret** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:55 pm

Not getting tattoed has worked for me safety-wise and nowadays, it appears that the best way of expressing ones individuality is in not having any tats.

ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:57 pm

AfloatinClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:55 pm
Not getting tattoed has worked for me safety-wise and nowadays, it appears that the best way of expressing ones individuality is in not having any tats.

Same. It seems to be pretty unique not to have one.

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 2:10 pm

I wonder if we can put up a poll?

Tat free also

ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 2:25 pm

Tribesmen wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 2:10 pm
I wonder if we can put up a poll?

Tat free also

#TattyFree? Could catch on.

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:07 pm

Tribesmen wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 2:10 pm
I wonder if we can put up a poll?

Tat free also

And me

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:51 pm

No tatts on me either. Nothing against it but just not something I wish to do.

ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:52 pm

LeadBelly wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:51 pm
No tatts on me either. Nothing against it but just not something I wish to do.

I can see why people would have one if it meant something.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:53 pm

ollieclarets8 wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:52 pm
I can see why people would have one if it meant something.

Same. What i don't get is people sauntering in and just picking a pre-designed one from a book "Flash" i think they call it.

Then again, not my body is it, so each to their own

ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:58 pm

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:53 pm
Same. What i don't get is people sauntering in and just picking a pre-designed one from a book "Flash" i think they call it.

Then again, not my body is it, so each to their own

Saw a brilliant one of a robotic tattoo on an arm - looked like; well... a robot

Perfectly done though and he had the arms. Now, when he's 90 and is built like a racing snake? Not sure.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:59 pm

ollieclarets8 wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:58 pm
Saw a brilliant one of a robotic tattoo on an arm - looked like; well... a robot

Perfectly done though and he had the arms. Now, when he's 90 and is built like a racing snake? Not sure.

I do like the ones that look like a real embroidered badge, and they understandably cost a fortune, but i'm a wuss for needles lol

ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:03 pm

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:59 pm
I do like the ones that look like a real embroidered badge, and they understandably cost a fortune, but i'm a wuss for needles lol

Immune to them now. Had them every month for like 25 years. You just need to man up

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:03 pm

You always get comments like “When they get old”. You do realise just how long tattoos have been around and how popular they were throughout the 50s/60s/70s etc.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:04 pm

ollieclarets8 wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:03 pm
Immune to them now. Had them every month for like 25 years. You just need to man up

bleugh

ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:07 pm

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:59 pm
I do like the ones that look like a real embroidered badge, and they understandably cost a fortune, but i'm a wuss for needles lol

Reminds me of Only Fools and Horses when Delboy is having his blood taken and they were discussing Rodney.

Nurse gets the needle and says: "Just a little prick"

Delboy replies with: "Oh, you know him then"

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:10 pm

My most Tory take though is that any upper body tattoo visible outside of a long sleeve shirt, especially face tattoos, aside from cultural / religious ones, should be banned.

Never gonna be a thing, mind

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:14 pm

My fav was from Billy Connelly who said " i was going to get F Off tattooed on my Wille but too many letters "

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:16 pm

basil6345789 wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:14 pm
Are COSHH sheets mandated to be provided by tattoo artists for the inks used (carcinogens, etc), what is the regulation for this practice? The vast majority of inks appear to come from China.

Never mind the carcinogens, what about all the nanobots those pesky Chinese are putting in the ink to steal our data?

Claret Till I Die · Post by **Claret Till I Die** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:21 pm

Tribesmen wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:14 pm
My fav was from Billy Connelly who said " i was going to get F Off tattooed on my Wille but too many letters "

A young man truly in love with his girlfriend decided to have her name tattooed on his penis. Her name was Wendy, and the tattoo was done while the penis was erect, so when it was not erect all you could see was W Y. Shortly after the couple was married they were honeymooning in Jamaica the man was in a bathroom in Jamaica, and standing next to him was a Jamaican man who also had a W Y on his penis. The American said to him "Oh is your girl named Wendy too?" The Jamaican replied, "No mister that says 'Welcome to Jamaica Have a Nice Day'."

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:32 pm

When I was lad, only hard -mainly dangerous- blokes got tattoos.

Now, it's exactly the opposite.

ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:35 pm

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:32 pm
When I was lad, only hard -mainly dangerous- blokes got tattoos.

Now, it's exactly the opposite.

You see a lot of skinny lads painted. Seems a bit weird.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:05 pm

Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:21 pm
A young man truly in love with his girlfriend decided to have her name tattooed on his penis. Her name was Wendy, and the tattoo was done while the penis was erect, so when it was not erect all you could see was W Y. Shortly after the couple was married they were honeymooning in Jamaica the man was in a bathroom in Jamaica, and standing next to him was a Jamaican man who also had a W Y on his penis. The American said to him "Oh is your girl named Wendy too?" The Jamaican replied, "No mister that says 'Welcome to Jamaica Have a Nice Day'."

Was it bigger than a breadbin?

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:13 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:05 pm
Was it bigger than a breadbin?

Can I put it in my mouth? asked Camilla

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:20 pm

Dyched wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:03 pm
You always get comments like “When they get old”. You do realise just how long tattoos have been around and how popular they were throughout the 50s/60s/70s etc.

Well I grew up 50s/60s/70s and they were considered a sign of prison or the forces, primarily navy. To me they grew out of the American music scene late 80s, then spread to gang culture.

Claret Till I Die · Post by **Claret Till I Die** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:21 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:05 pm
Was it bigger than a breadbin?

It was bigger than 2 bookies pens put together but on the downside he's now banned from all branches of Corals...

ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:26 pm

Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:21 pm
It was bigger than 2 bookies pens put together but on the downside he's now banned from all branches of Corals...

Argos. Has to be Argos.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:36 pm

ollieclarets8 wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:52 pm
I can see why people would have one if it meant something.

I’d always said I if I was going to get one it would have to mean something and not be something “generic”

Aged 40 I got my first one done, after grandad died I got his army number done in roman numerals on the inside of my arm

I’m now about to arrange having a second one done of him from our trip to Bayeux when he visited the War Cemetery and laid a wreath

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:43 pm

Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:21 pm
A young man truly in love with his girlfriend decided to have her name tattooed on his penis. Her name was Wendy, and the tattoo was done while the penis was erect, so when it was not erect all you could see was W Y. Shortly after the couple was married they were honeymooning in Jamaica the man was in a bathroom in Jamaica, and standing next to him was a Jamaican man who also had a W Y on his penis. The American said to him "Oh is your girl named Wendy too?" The Jamaican replied, "No mister that says 'Welcome to Jamaica Have a Nice Day'."

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ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:45 pm

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:36 pm
I’d always said I if I was going to get one it would have to mean something and not be something “generic”

Aged 40 I got my first one done, after grandad died I got his army number done in roman numerals on the inside of my arm

I’m now about to arrange having a second one done of him from our trip to Bayeux when he visited the War Cemetery and laid a wreath

Yeah I can completely understand that and it makes sense. Throw a photo over when done. It better be a good one

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:48 pm

Son-in-law is a fine read but I’ve never fancied one.
If I was to get one it would be a Lancashire Red Rose with “Made in Lancashire” in a semi-circle above and “Copyright Tommy & Margaret. 1953. In a semi-circle below. On the back of my neck.

ollieclarets8 · Post by **ollieclarets8** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:52 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:48 pm
Son-in-law is a fine read but I’ve never fancied one.
If I was to get one it would be a Lancashire Red Rose with “Made in Lancashire” in a semi-circle above and “Copyright Tommy & Margaret. 1953. In a semi-circle below. On the back of my neck.

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