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I went to thailand and got a bamboo tattoo, and it seemed like a clean place, but im worried i got HIV from it.
HIV is transmitted through intimate contact of bodily fluids, blood and semen into you system / bloodstreams. Injection drug users are using hollow medical syringes and needles to inject drugs directly into their bloodstream. It is common practice to withdraw a little blood back into the syringe to delay the onset of the high. When needles are passed from users to users and reused some of that blood remains in the syringe. If infected blood in the syringe is passed, the recipient can become infected with HIV. Tattooing is Totally different from injecting drugs. Needles used in tattooing are not hollow. Only YOUR skin that is being pierced during the tattooing process, only YOUR blood is being exposed. You are only at risk of infection from injections if you come in contact with infected blood directly into your bloodstream.
did not know about a story. just a comment someone i know said about how stupid it was to get it in thailand, and so now ive been worried for months
No HIV transmission from tattoos regardless of a recent story that was found to be false.You're safe.
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