From the USA comes the fashion tattoo doctor

For some it is a necessity, for others a “quirk”. We speak of Tattoo doctor Or that indelible mark on the skin, instead of depicting graceful designs (the ultimate is the butterfly of Belen) or the name of the beloved good, gives a indication type strictly sanitary. In practice, people with diabetes Or who have some cardiopathy specific, Allergies to some drugs (Penicillin, for example) or simply want to specify that their blood group, Instead of to bring him the classical medal to be displayed in case of emergency, opting for a long tattoo.

And in a fashion that USA is now gaining ground, and to detect the phenomenon is a service of the British newspaper The Independent. Among the many examples curious about tattoos and medicine, there is the case of the Dutch woman (but is by no means the only incident of this kind) octogenarian that became tattooed on his chest says “Do Not Resuscitate” intended, evidently, to doctors, to decide to practice the massage cardiac event was hit by ritual infarct.

In Italy for the moment it seems that fashion has not yet taken root, as reported by the plastic surgeon Ezio Nicodemi, but specifies that “there are still people who require this type of tattoo. Over the past 2 years, however, we observed several young men who are tattooed blood group; because they think that if accident can be valuable information.

However, the transfusion centers always refer to the blood test, to determine their veracity. ” Anyway, if you were “amazed” by this fashionable tattoo of a doctor, and maybe in fact you had some kind of special or pathology it would be better to know in an emergency, think twice before discarding bracelets and medals and fiondarvi the nearest tattoo artist. There are many “repented” of tattoos, and delete it’s really quite expensive, well not always entirely possible…