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Is It Safe To Get A Tattoo When On Morphine For Chronic Pain?

Hi, I m on Morphine for a few Chronic pain conditions & have been for over 5 years. I really want to get my first tattoo, however I ve heard that Morphine thins the blood & therefore I would bleed a lot & the tattoo wouldn t take. Please could you tell me if this is true? If it helps, I had my eyebrow pierced a couple of months ago & it didn t bleed at all. Thankyou
Mon, 9 Mar 2015
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You can you for tattoo. The procedure of tattoo making involve insertion of multiple tiny needles. The needles are inserted till the is dermis. There are no large vessels in dermis, so there are less changes of bleeding.
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Is It Safe To Get A Tattoo When On Morphine For Chronic Pain?

You can you for tattoo. The procedure of tattoo making involve insertion of multiple tiny needles. The needles are inserted till the is dermis. There are no large vessels in dermis, so there are less changes of bleeding.