Mainstream society messed it up for everybody!!!

crimzy

crimzy

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Just want to share my contempt for society for bringing about the downfall of the "tramp stamp". The lower back tattoo is a very appealing piece of artwork when displayed by an attractive girl... but the world decided to give it this demeaning nickname. Because of this, no female, outside of a stripper or streetwalker, would get one of these lovely tattoos.
We have all lost something here. The death of the tramp stamp shows the sad state of the world today...
 
t316

t316

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It's been quite awhile since I have seen an attractive girl with one of these, so I speculate that your synopsis is correct...
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by crimzy
http:///forum/post/3107957
Just want to share my contempt for society for bringing about the downfall of the "tramp stamp". The lower back tattoo is a very appealing piece of artwork when displayed by an attractive girl... but the world decided to give it this demeaning nickname. Because of this, no female, outside of a stripper or streetwalker, would get one of these lovely tattoos.
We have all lost something here. The death of the tramp stamp shows the sad state of the world today...

Only young women get those tattoos...it is across the lower back...Doctors can't do an epidural in an area with that black ink. So these young women, of child bearing age will doom themselves to a painful childbirth..And possibly other surgeries down the road. An epidural was used for my mother's knee surgery, and a friends back surgery. I can't imagine such painful surgery without an epidural.
So they may call it a tramp stamp or whatever..They are bad thing health wise.
 
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dragonzim

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Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3107974

Only young women get those tattoos...it is across the lower back...Doctors can't do an epidural in an area with that black ink. So these young women, of child bearing age will doom themselves to a painful childbirth..And possibly other surgeries down the road. An epidural was used for my mother's knee surgery, and a friends back surgery. I can't imagine such painful surgery without an epidural.
So they may call it a tramp stamp or whatever..They are bad thing health wise.
How come they can't do an epidural with a tattoo there? Does it push the ink into the spinal column?
 
t316

t316

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Originally Posted by DragonZim
http:///forum/post/3107986
How come they can't do an epidural with a tattoo there? Does it push the ink into the spinal column?
That's the fear/thought process, yet the "ink" is not in a liquid state anymore. It's a stain on the skin which should not be able to dislodge and travel thru.
 
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dragonzim

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Originally Posted by T316
http:///forum/post/3107996
That's the fear/thought process, yet the "ink" is not in a liquid state anymore. It's a stain on the skin which should not be able to dislodge and travel thru.
Not sure that's 100% accurate. Its true that the ink is no longer a liquid, but I've heard of people getting a deep cut on a tattoo and having little black flecks of dried ink not only viewable, but able to be scraped or flicked out.
 
crimzy

crimzy

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I'm no doctor, but of the couple of epidurals that I've seen, they did not have to be administered into the lower back, tramp stamp area.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by DragonZim
http:///forum/post/3107999
Not sure that's 100% accurate. Its true that the ink is no longer a liquid, but I've heard of people getting a deep cut on a tattoo and having little black flecks of dried ink not only viewable, but able to be scraped or flicked out.

...I am not in health care...I was told this the time I was spending the night in the hospital with my mother when her knees were replaced. The nurse was telling me about those tattoos across the back young women were sporting now. She gave me the information I just shared. If a young woman has such a tattoo, no epidural...My daughter likes tattoos and has a few on her arms and two on her legs, I mentioned it, she said she knew already and assured me that she wouldn't get one of those for that reason.
 
jennln

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I don't know if I agree with that either. One of my tattoo's is across my lower back. My first four births I didn't use an epidural....by choice though (I don't believe in pain medications during labor/birth) ~ my fifth was an emergency c-section. I opted for regional rather than general anesthesia because I wanted to be completely alert so they used an epidural/spinal for the surgery. Nothing was ever mentioned about the tattoo being an issue and there weren't any problems during or after either?
And in my defense I do believe when I got the tattoo (1995 :O )I would fit into the attractive girl category.....years later now I may perhaps fit more into the death of the tramp stamp category. Sorry lol.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3108054
Answer is yes and no on the epidural.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/lowe...tattoo/AN01357
I read elsewhere there are docs out there who believe you shouldn't inject through a tattoo and will not do it.

Good article...Any young woman needs to have a conversation with their doctor and make sure they will do it. I bet if doctors start losing business because of this, they may well change their practice to not worrying about it.
That nurse who was talking to me made it sound like it just can't be done. I was worried about my daughter.
 
oscardeuce

oscardeuce

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Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3108062

Good article...Any young woman needs to have a conversation with their doctor and make sure they will do it. I bet if doctors start losing business because of this, they may well change their practice to not worrying about it.
That nurse who was talking to me made it sound like it just can't be done. I was worried about my daughter.
No matter what our President said most of us think with science, and not $$$. If the science says it's safe, then OK do it, but if the science says it's not safe then it should be the women thinking twice about changing their lifestyle and not the physicians. Maybe tattoo artists should have the same informed consent paperwork to fill out as physicians before doing this procedure.
Like the article stated there is not much science to go on. As long as the skin is intact and not a fresh tat, I'd say no issues at this time.
Time and research may say different.
 
nw2salt08

nw2salt08

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I've had epidurals both times when I had my kids and my lower back tattoo didn't affect my option to have one. No one ever said anything about it other than that was a unique tattoo and most women don't have that there. lol
Furthermore...I HATE the term "tramp stamp". Not all women that have tattoos in that area are tramps.
 
zman1

zman1

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Originally Posted by oscardeuce
http:///forum/post/3108070
No matter what our President said most of us think with science, and not $$$. If the science says it's safe, then OK do it, but if the science says it's not safe then it should be the women thinking twice about changing their lifestyle and not the physicians..
It was the most common medical practice performed by doctors from antiquity up to the late 19th century. Good thing we cut back on the healing arts of bloodletting.
 
zman1

zman1

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Back to the OP. I personally don't like them.
Every time I see one, I think to myself that's not going to be appealing at 60 (the new 50). Dad, what's the thing on grandma's or great grandma's back? I don't know son, I think it's a droopy birthmark...
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by zman1
http:///forum/post/3108116
Back to the OP. I personally don't like them.
Every time I see one, I think to myself that's not going to be appealing at 60 (the new 50). Dad, what's the thing on grandma's or great grandma's back? I don't know son, I think it's a droopy birthmark...
Who says at 50 or 60 anything has to droop
 
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