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What to do if i got a tattoo after hiv positive person?
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Probably safe: Tattoo parlors have more regulations than ever making tattoo placement safer than ever. Today its one use ink, on use needle thus the days of contamination a batch of ink and using it on the next 100 patrons is over. So if you went to a quality licensed parlor with good honest artists you are safe.
Answered 1/21/2017
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Possible: If the tattoo needle was not sterilized well enough, it is possible that you may get HIV transmission from the contaminated needle. The risk however is small but not non-existent. Remember that the actress pamela anderson was said to have contracted hep c infection from sharing tattoo needle with her ex-husband.
Answered 6/10/2014
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