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Old 24-12-2011, 09:31 AM   #1
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Default I hope this puts you off tats in 3rd world countries!!

Since its the holiday season now i'm guessing quite a few are heading out and abroad. Just a bit of a warning for those who might get a tattoo or 2.

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Overseas travellers are being warned to take care after a West Australian contracted HIV after getting a tattoo in Bali.
The WA Health Department has issued an urgent warning advising Australians to avoid getting tattoos and piercings overseas.
Anyone who has recently had body art done in Bali is being advised to see their doctor.
HIV is transmitted through exchange of bodily fluids. There is no vaccine or cure.
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopS...oo_700135.html

Be careful out there! The savings in $$ is not worth it!

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Old 24-12-2011, 01:23 PM   #2
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Default Re: I hope this puts you off tats in 3rd world countries!!

Funny this came up, I'm on my way to Vietnam and was planning a full back tattoo! Any precautions I should take?
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Old 24-12-2011, 01:27 PM   #3
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Default Re: I hope this puts you off tats in 3rd world countries!!

I'd say the best precaution would be, don't.

Just enjoy your holiday, and then look at getting it done when you come back home. That would also mean not having to worry about the after care while you're away as well.
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That's true, I'm glad this came up on here, ive changed my mind on it. Cheers guys
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Default Re: I hope this puts you off tats in 3rd world countries!!

Why the hell would anyone get a tattoo done in a country like Bali? I don't know why people even go to Bali but that's another story. This guy paid the ultimate price for stupidity.
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Only the extremely naive would get any sort of medical or cosmetic proceedure done in a third world country.
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Only the extremely naive would get any sort of medical or cosmetic proceedure done in a third world country.
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i wouldn't call Indonesia a third world country
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i wouldn't call Indonesia a third world country
I would. Especially in regards to its health regulations.
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not very much info in the article?

for aruments sake the infection could have been spread a number of ways, with the tattoo being the least embarrassing thing to blame it on.........
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Old 24-12-2011, 07:05 PM   #11
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Default Re: I hope this puts you off tats in 3rd world countries!!

Not so much infection related, but check out this USA tattoo artists work for the lulz
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...6793400&type=1

Some of the comments on the pics are great
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Old 24-12-2011, 08:11 PM   #12
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That US site is bad but there's a place that's in aus, called Black Rose Ink tattoo in NT...they're a bunch of kids and they don't mind tattooing underage people. And they're TERRIBLE! much worse than the US mob linked above.
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Old 24-12-2011, 11:19 PM   #13
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Why the hell would anyone get a tattoo done in a country like Bali? I don't know why people even go to Bali but that's another story. This guy paid the ultimate price for stupidity.
Mate I was thinking the same thing
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Old 24-12-2011, 11:45 PM   #14
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Funny this came up, I'm on my way to Vietnam and was planning a full back tattoo! Any precautions I should take?
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Old 25-12-2011, 02:44 PM   #15
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Regular WA Health Dept warning at this time of year. There are many Aussie run tattoo business in Bali and many have autoclaves to sterilise, something a lot of shops in Oz don't, many still use only alcohol based sterilants. Like any tattoo joint, check the work and speak to people. A mate in the Army got hepatitis from a tattoo done in Adelaide.
Any body art or piercing place can pass on blood borne diseases. Have a look at the number of parlours closed in Australia on 2010/2011 about twenty due to blood borne infections.
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Old 25-12-2011, 02:50 PM   #16
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I feel really sorry for the person
But it is so stupid getting tatts in tho's places
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Only the extremely naive would get any sort of medical or cosmetic proceedure done in a third world country.
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It's a risk no matter where you go. But the risk may be higher in another part of the world.
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Old 03-01-2012, 06:38 PM   #19
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Only the extremely naive would get any sort of medical or cosmetic proceedure done in a third world country.

I don't agree. Oddly, places like Malaysia often have better health than in Australia in certain conditions.

Like any place, it's always advisable to do your homework on a potential medical centre before going ahead with it. Plenty of botched cosmetic surgery from QLD for instance.
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I got one done in Thailand. And I've got to say the place was 5x cleaner than any Australian tattoo joint that I've had stuff done in. The Thai bloke made a point about showing me all his needles still in in opened packets and that his gun in the sterilizer before I even had a chance to ask to see it.
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I got one done in Thailand. And I've got to say the place was 5x cleaner than any Australian tattoo joint that I've had stuff done in. The Thai bloke made a point about showing me all his needles still in in opened packets and that his gun in the sterilizer before I even had a chance to ask to see it.
The trouble being that most young people who go to Bali and other Indonesian countries do it for one reason: to party themselves half unconscious and do stupid things. One of those stupid things could well be stumbling into a tattoo parlour and not caring what the precautions they take are. Not to mention that the big difference in Oz is that if you turn up drunk to most tattoo parlours, they refuse to work on you...I somehow doubt that such a precaution would be taken in most parlours in those parts of the world...
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The trouble being that most young people who go to Bali and other Indonesian countries do it for one reason: to party themselves half unconscious and do stupid things. One of those stupid things could well be stumbling into a tattoo parlour and not caring what the precautions they take are. Not to mention that the big difference in Oz is that if you turn up drunk to most tattoo parlours, they refuse to work on you...I somehow doubt that such a precaution would be taken in most parlours in those parts of the world...
true, there is good and bad everywhere. sure the standards in australia should be very high, but there are no doubt many operators in third world countries that have pride in what they do. the trouble is finding them, and finding them when drunk is not very easy


if i was going to get a tattoo, i doubt i would look outside australia. i have done alot of homework previously when considering getting one, and unless i had a very good recommendation from someone, i seriously doubt i would look overseas



let's not forget this unfortunate tattoo. it should have been his dream art, and because of language difficulty, it turned out wrong. not only having "right arm" and "left arm" tattooed on his respective arms, but they may as well put a rainbow with the other clanger. it seems he drew it all out on paper, so it could not go wrong, but how wrong it went
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Meh, the same thing could happen in some of the lower-end shops in Australia. **** happens, I'm still gonna get my new ones in Thailand.
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The trouble being that most young people who go to Bali and other Indonesian countries do it for one reason: to party themselves half unconscious and do stupid things. One of those stupid things could well be stumbling into a tattoo parlour and not caring what the precautions they take are. Not to mention that the big difference in Oz is that if you turn up drunk to most tattoo parlours, they refuse to work on you...I somehow doubt that such a precaution would be taken in most parlours in those parts of the world...
Just about everyone I know who has had tatts done in Australia, have been drunk at some stage, some even going to the studio with a bourbon in their hand and got tatts done, never known any studio to knock back business.
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i wouldn't call Indonesia a third world country
Where are all the second world countries, they never rate a mention?
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Just about everyone I know who has had tatts done in Australia, have been drunk at some stage, some even going to the studio with a bourbon in their hand and got tatts done, never known any studio to knock back business.
Unfortunately I agree. And I am assuming that everyone who has comented on this thread has had at least 1 tattoo. So they would know that getting a tattoo when you've been drinking is a bad idea. Not only because of your decision making ability but also because alcohol thins out your blood, so when the needle goes in you bleed a lot more than normal.
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Been to thailand 3 times, and some of the tattoo shops there look alot more cleaner than some here

Price has alot of influence here also

friends have had their sleve done for the price i got for 8 hours of work in oz

In saying that the lady to did my tattoo made sure i wasnt drinking when i had my tattoo done or she wouldnt do it
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Where are all the second world countries, they never rate a mention?
Good question. Old communist countries are generally know as second world.
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Perhaps there may be more to this story than the "victim" is letting on. But hey, how else could you catch aids in bali, right?
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There's a reason the Jetstar flights to Kuta are called the Bogan Bus.
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