5. Tattoos
When it’s done by a properly trained tattoo artist under the right conditions, a tattoo should carry little to no risk to the person getting the tattoo – but it’s a known fact that there are thousands of tattoo parlors out there, with many of them known as “scratch artists”, or in layman’s terms, those who perform terrible quality tattoos and place their clients at unnecessary risk.
The risks that go with tattooing are the same ones that go with an injection with a dirty needle: The skin is broken, and infections and bacteria can enter the skin. You are especially at risk if the tattoo artist in question didn’t properly sterilize their equipment or the tattooing environment, or if the skin wasn’t cleaned properly before the tattoo – a tattoo needle can “force” any minuscule dirt particles deep into your skin.
If you experience symptoms similar to a rash or the rejection of a tattoo – itchiness, hotness, redness, and swelling that we’ve mentioned above – then you might have cellulitis.