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Pregnant wife getting tattoo
My wife is about a month pregnant and getting a tattoo on her arm, what are the risks and effects on baby?
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Dr. Sreedhar RS
Pediatrician
21 yrs exp
Chennai
Hi Sir.. Pls avoid tattoos during pregnancy as tattooing may sometimes cause infection. It is difficult to treat infection when pregnant as medicines taken by mom may affect the baby. Also tattooing may transmit infection like Hep B, HIV which may get transmitted to the baby.
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