Can Hormones Affect The Results Of A Tattoo

Dr. Keith Roach

Honey Dr. Roach: I would appreciate your insights apropos the health risks of tattoos (body fine art). I have heard that tattoo ink can get into the bloodstream, and over time can damage the liver and kidneys. The tattoo craze seems to accept spread everywhere recently, and I wonder if people know all the health risks. - P.B.

Tattoos do have health risks, but they tin largely be managed. The biggest take chances is of infection. Amateur tattoos are very risky. Reputable tattoo parlors use good technique: sterile water to clean the area, booze to disinfect, gloves for the tattoo artist. Tattoo needles should exist sterilized, individually wrapped and opened in front of the person getting the tattoo. If y'all are going to go i, get a tattoo from a well-established parlor.

The second medical gamble is an allergic reaction to the dye. Serious reactions are rare. I have not read of liver or kidney problems from professional tattoo pigments.

The major problem I see is regret for having gotten one. My advice is to wait a good while before deciding on a tattoo - never exercise and then spontaneously or nether the influence of alcohol or drugs. Talk to people who take had a tattoo. Visit several studios and watch the process. Consider placing the first tattoo on an expanse you can cover with wearable.

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a hysterectomy and removal of my ovaries. Is there a correlation betwixt hysterectomy and mental affliction/low? What happened to the moisture of my trunk, and what happened to the orgasms? - C.H.

I think the major issue is the removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy), not the hysterectomy, which is removal of the uterus.

Estrogen, made in your ovaries, has complicated effects on depression, with different effects on different women. Sudden loss, every bit from surgical removal of the ovaries, may exacerbate the tendency for depression. The drop in estrogen after childbirth occurs at the same time equally the high risk for postpartum depression, just it'southward not proven that the two are related.

On the other mitt, it's clear that estrogen as well is necessary for the lining of the vagina, and its loss causes tissues to dry and thin. Many women observe dryness in other places, besides. Orgasms besides can be affected by hormone loss. Replacement of estrogen helps many women, but other women go more relief with combinations of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.

A discussion with your doctor about hormone replacement is a adept idea. Nonetheless, estrogen by itself usually doesn't make low better.

Beloved Dr. Roach: What causes constant dizziness? Could it be depression claret pressure? Are there medical reasons for this condition? - D.P.

Dizziness means different things to dissimilar people. In the medical world, we distinguish betwixt 2 major types: vertigo and lightheadedness.

Vertigo is the sense that the world is moving (ordinarily spinning), but sometimes it's the person who feels like he or she is moving. Vertigo usually is caused by problems in the organ of balance in the inner ear, or past the nerve that connects it to the brain.

Lightheadedness does not accept a sense of motion, but induces a sensation of being most to faint. This tin come from depression blood pressure, especially if it occurs upon standing, but a whole host of problems can cause it, including blood sugar problems, hormonal changes, medications and but getting older.

DR. KEITH ROACH is a syndicated columnist with Due north America Syndicate Inc., P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.