Pregnant and Tattooed-A Bad Idea?

If your a pregnant woman with a lower back tat and you need an epidural for the pain, there is some chance of nerve damage or infection. Or so a recent story says. A couple of doctors who noticed the raise in lower back tattoos has concerns that sticking a needle through the ink of the lower back tattoo might be a bad thing. An epidural puts its pain relief drugs right into the spinal area and these nerves are not a good place for the odd bit of tattoo or dead skin to end up.The study, which including a…

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