Is tattooing a job for a doctor? An infection nearly cost me my leg | John Crace

A Japanese court has effectively decided that only doctors should perform tattoos. My terrifying six months shows that the stakes are highYou could reasonably ask what a man nearing 60 was doing having a tattoo. It’s a question I’ve asked myself many times over the past few years. The best I can come up with is that it seemed like a good idea at the time. I was on holiday with friends in Spain, my son had emailed me a design I liked and we had a few hours free … You get the picture. And before you ask: no, I wasn’t drunk. Nor was I when I had any of my other tattoos.I got my first tattoo back in the mid-1980s and have added several more over the years. Some of them I still love; especially the one of my dog. A couple I regret, because the artist wasn’t much cop and they look a bit rubbish. But the one I most regret is the one that almost cost me my right leg. Continue reading…
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