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Showing posts with label tattoo safety. Show all posts
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Friday, August 28, 2015

Children as young as 10 are getting tattoos illegally, without realising they risk catching HIV and hepatitis

Children as young as 10 are getting tattoos, shocking new figures have revealed.

A worrying number of youngsters are visiting illegal tattoo parlours, unaware it is against the law for them to be inked before they are 18.

And half admitted to being unaware of the risk of infection from HIV and hepatitis.

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