Re: tattoos

[Guest guest]

>

> If I have two small tattoos would starting chelation hurt me. I

figure

> if the dye had mercury,the DMSA would draw that mercury out of my

> body,without any harm.

> Bruce

>

I assume you are talking ink tattoo's on your skin? If so, when I

first started chelating my tattoo noticably when on round. First 5

rounds was itchy. Now it occasionally itches on round. After 20

rounds of chelation I think my tattoo is slightly more faded but that

could easily be my imagination.

I don't know for sure, but my itching tattoo whilst on rounds

confirms, in my mind at least, that the ink was contaminated. I have

a red and black ink tattoo.

Considering the problems I had, a minor itchy tattoo was the least of

my worries. IMHO it is not something you should be concerned with.

Sunshine

[Guest guest]

>

> If I have two small tattoos would starting chelation hurt me. I figure

> if the dye had mercury,the DMSA would draw that mercury out of my

> body,without any harm.

> Bruce

>

I remember reading that the red ink likely contains mercury, and that

the tattoo needs to be removed before chelation. I just searched and

I can't find any posts to support my claim.

J

[Guest guest]

My understanding is that the red ones may contain mercury. I'm not sure if it's

in all of the red ones, but if it was " cinnabar " , then it is mercuric sulfide.

See page 75 of HTI.

So if your tattoo isn't red, then there's nothing to worry about. Otherwise, I

don't recall if Andy has commented on this or not, as far as chelation goes, and

I don't remember other members saying it was a problem or not. You could search

archives for posts on this.---------Jackie

In frequent-dose-chelation bgan03 wrote:

If I have two small tattoos would starting chelation hurt me. I figure

if the dye had mercury,the DMSA would draw that mercury out of my

body,without any harm.

Bruce