Mitwalli Hadeel, Alfurayh Nuha
Department of Dermatology College of Medicine King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Dermatology Imam Abdulrahman Alfaisal Hospital Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dermatol Res Pract. 2024 Jul 24;2024:5673785. doi: 10.1155/2024/5673785. eCollection 2024.
A tattoo is a pigment permanently deposited into the skin to create different patterns. The worldwide percentage of tattooed individuals, as well as the level of tattoo regret, complications, and removal, has increased. However, data from Saudi Arabia are lacking.
To determine the rates of tattoo regret, complications, and removal among tattooed individuals in Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional study using an online survey was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A link to the survey was distributed through social media and contained twenty questions about participants' demographics, tattoo practices, regret, removal, and complications. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). A value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
A total of 181 tattooed individuals participated in the study. Most of them were females (95.6%), and 76.7% had their first tattoo at an age over eighteen years. A total of 47.5% had one tattoo session, and the most common body site was the eyebrows (57.5%). Fifty-eight percent regretted their tattoo, and 42.5% attempted to remove it. Upper extremity tattoos were significantly associated with regret (72.3%) (=0.004) and removal (56.9%) (=0.003). Tattoo removal was mostly due to cultural reasons (74%). Local itching (32%), pain (22.7%), and infection (10.5%) were reported and associated with tattoo regret ( < 0.05). Itching was significant in 65.4% of head and neck tattoos and 41.5% of upper extremity tattoos ( < 0.05). Participants were aware that laser is the best method for tattoo removal.
Among tattooed individuals in Saudi Arabia, the rate of tattoo regret and removal is high, and the most reported complication is pruritus.
纹身是将颜料永久性地注入皮肤以形成不同图案。全球纹身人群的比例以及纹身后悔、并发症和去除纹身的情况都有所增加。然而，沙特阿拉伯缺乏相关数据。
确定沙特阿拉伯纹身人群中纹身后悔、并发症和去除纹身的比例。
在沙特阿拉伯利雅得进行了一项使用在线调查的横断面研究。通过社交媒体分发了调查链接，其中包含20个关于参与者人口统计学、纹身行为、后悔、去除纹身和并发症的问题。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）对数据进行分析。P值<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
共有181名纹身者参与了该研究。其中大多数为女性（95.6%），76.7%的人在18岁以上首次纹身。共有47.5%的人进行过一次纹身，最常见的身体部位是眉毛（57.5%）。58%的人后悔纹身，42.5%的人试图去除纹身。上肢纹身与后悔（72.3%）（P = 0.004）和去除纹身（56.9%）（P = 0.003）显著相关。去除纹身主要是由于文化原因（74%）。报告了局部瘙痒（32%）、疼痛（22.7%）和感染（10.5%），且这些与纹身后悔相关（P < 0.05）。65.4%的头颈部纹身和41.5%的上肢纹身出现瘙痒症状（P < 我们知道激光是去除纹身的最佳方法。
在沙特阿拉伯的纹身人群中，纹身后悔和去除纹身的比例较高，最常报告的并发症是瘙痒。
