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SEND TO PRINTER SEND TO PRINTER | CLOSE WINDOWTatooed HeartsBROBSON LUTZ, M.D.The heart is the only body organ popular with tattoo enthusiasts. You never see a tattoo of a kidneyor a liver. Hearts, of course, are embedded with Valentines Day but our February day of love is notas much of a boon for local tattoo shops as are some other holidays. Around Valentines Day, business is up a little but not much, says Jacci Gresham, who proclaimsthat her street front tattoo parlor at 1041 N. Rampart St., (across from the French Quarter) is theregardless of age, race, gender or sexual orientation.A greater reason than contaminated ink for the high rate of hepatitis C among tattoo recipients has to do with other risky behaviors.Intravenous drug users have the hig
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hest hepatitis C rates but other forms of illicit drug use from steroid injections to sniffing cocaine canspread the virus.Gresham says tattoos are generally safe. She gives each tattoo recipient an eight-point handout in English, with a Spanish translation,on taking care of the new tattoo in addition to a free bottle of Lubriderm (see box).Normally there are no ink allergies. I have been changing needles between customers since I started. But new tattoos can get infected.Sometimes the person rubs on too much lotion of some sort. We recommend Nutraderm but rubbing it in every five minutes is too much.It is important to follow directions. Some folks, though, just dont take care of them.http://www.myneworleans.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=8706&url=...2 of 2