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Originally Posted by Freshh20
Hey guys,
I am 19 now and I have been wanting a tattoo for several years. It is a small one with a very important quote. My rsd is not too bad, and I seem to finally have it some what under control after an inpatient epidural this past summer. I have had rsd for just about 5 years and I don't want to hold me back too much.
Would you suggest not getting a tattoo? Do you guys think it would inflame or spread, or would I be fine?
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I have had RSD for 11 years & I would highly
Advise you to think long & hard before getting a
Tattoo. Just yesterday my neurologist advised me against getting a simple skin biopsy for fear of causing a flare in my RSD.
(The biopsy was not for cancer or anything life-threatening)
After the Dr. spoke for a while, basically it boiled down to "is it worth a possible spread of your RSD or at the minimal a flare?"
From personal experience I can guarantee you it is not worth a spread of your RSD to another limb or portion of your body.
(I am dictating this reply due to a spread of my RSD which rendered my left wrist, hand & fingers useless). After multiple, multiple procedures I still have no use of my left hand and this isn't expected to change.
SO ... If a tattoo is worth the possibility of losing the use of one of your extremities, then I guess that is a decision only you can make.