纹身皮肤相关健康问题的发生率：德语国家的全国性调查。

Incidence of health problems associated with tattooed skin: a nation-wide survey in German-speaking countries.

机构信息

Department of Dermatology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

出版信息

Dermatology. 2010 Aug;221(1):43-50. doi: 10.1159/000292627. Epub 2010 Mar 9.

DOI:10.1159/000292627

PMID:20215724

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Millions of people are tattooed. However, the frequency of health problems is unknown.

METHODS

We performed an Internet survey in German-speaking countries.

RESULTS

The provenance of tattooed participants (n = 3,411) was evenly distributed in Germany. The participants had many (28%; >4) and large tattoos (36%; >or=900 cm(2)). After tattooing, the people described skin problems (67.5%) or systemic reactions (6.6%). Four weeks after tattooing, 9% still had health problems. Six percent reported persistent health problems due to the tattoo, of which females (7.3%) were more frequently concerned than males (4.2%). Colored tattoos provoked more short-term skin (p = 0.003) or systemic (p = 0.0001) reactions than black tattoos. Also the size of tattoos and the age at the time of tattooing play a significant role in many health problems.

CONCLUSIONS

Our results show that millions of people in the Western world supposedly have transient or persisting health problems after tattooing. Owing to the large number and size of the tattoos, tattooists inject several grams of tattoo colorants into the skin, which partly spread in the human body and stay for a lifetime. The latter might cause additional health problems in the long term.

摘要

背景

数以百万计的人有纹身。然而，健康问题的频率尚不清楚。

方法

我们在德语国家进行了互联网调查。

结果

纹身参与者（n = 3411）的原籍在德国分布均匀。参与者有很多（28%；>4）和大纹身（36%；>或=900 cm(2)）。纹身之后，人们描述了皮肤问题（67.5%）或全身反应（6.6%）。纹身 4 周后，9%的人仍有健康问题。6%的人报告说由于纹身持续存在健康问题，其中女性（7.3%）比男性（4.2%）更频繁地受到关注。彩色纹身比黑色纹身更能引起短期皮肤（p = 0.003）或全身（p = 0.0001）反应。纹身的大小和纹身时的年龄也在许多健康问题中起着重要作用。