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Body art increases health risks
LUBBOCK (AP) — With tattoos, bellybutton rings
and nipple rings becoming increasingly popular
among young professionals, researchers say there is
more at risk than odd stares at the company picnic.
Myrna Armstrong, an expert in the field of body art
and a nurse at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, says
the boom could also mean a resurgence of diseases
like Hepatitis B among middle class
young people.
‘As it becomes more and more ac
cepted for people to get body piercing
and body art, it is possible that dis
eases associated with those things will
increase,” Armstrong said. “Whenev
er you have bleeding at a place, and
an infection on the part of the worker
or the patient, you have the potential
for transmission.”
The number of people getting tat
toos nationwide has nearly quadru
pled since 1980 and nearly two-thirds
“It seems mainly to
be associated with
a growing need to
feel special or be
unique/'
— Myrna Armstrong
Body art expert
of the customers are in their mid-20s, according to a
study by Armstrong in 1998.
The change in demographics has sparked re
newed interest by health professionals — especial
ly those who cater to the wealthy. This year, Arm
strong has been asked to speak at seminars across
the country by doctors seeking advice on the dan
gers of tattoos.
“When it was just the lower-economic class that
was getting tattooed, many people in the medical corn-
quest is the bellybutton ring, closely followed by the
butterfly tattoo — both for women.
Armstrong said Taylor’s anecdotes fit with her ex
periences.
“We’re talking about confident, career-oriented
women that are capable decision makers,” Arm
strong said. “We just need to increase education so
that the good decision-making includes making sure
to investigate the tattoo parlor before you lie down
on the table.”
Alcohol
Continued from Page 1
Kibler said the task force
looked at all sides of these issues
in order to produce recommenda
tions that would be enforceable
but not overly restrictive.
“The task force considered lots
of alternatives that ranged from just
considering it a non-issue to the
other end of the spectrum, which JUSTICE
might be to become very restric
tive,” he said. “[This would] allo
cate very specific places on campus
and try to regulate them with per
mits. We didn’t choose to go to ei
ther of those extremes.”
The task force’s recommenda
tions will be submitted to Texas
A&M President Dr. Ray Bowen for
approval, following approval from
Southerland.
Abstinence
Continued from Page 1
“People think sex is a way of
showing that you love each oth
er, and it is,” she said. “But peo
ple who are committed to absti
nence and together agree to stay
that way, and maintain that ab
stinence because they love each
other and want to save that until
after they get married, that’s also
a sign of love.”
There are 12 million new cas
es of sexually transmitted dis
eases reported each year in the
United States according to the
Center for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Texas ranked fourth among
states with the highest number of
AIDS cases with a total of 48,350 as
of Dec. 31, 1998.
Continued from Page l
Phillips said there is no single
answer to improving the selection
process.
“Any change would be an im
provement over what we have
now,” Phillips said. “Texas is mov
ing in the right direction, though,
and has implemented a cap on
campaign contributions for judicial
candidates.”
Phillips said a poll taken in Texas
showed 83 percent of voters believed
judicial decisions were affected by
campaign contributions. Additional
ly, the poll found that 79 percent of
lawyers and 48 percent of judges in
Texas believed judicial decisions
were usually affected by campaign
contributions.
“Generally, the public is satis
fied,” Phillips said. “But the system
used now will be damaging in the
long run to the democratic system.”
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munity didn’t pay much attention,” Armstrong said.
“But now the picture is completely different. It’s be
come more acceptable.”
She says the explosion sprang from people’s desire
to look different.
' “It seems mainly to be associated with a growing
need to feel special or be unique ... to set yourself apart
_ from the rest,” Armstrong said.
But the change in attitude toward
tattoos and body piercing is not just
obvious in studies. Many tattoo parlor
workers say young professionals walk
into their shops in suits and dresses.
“Yep. Just the other day I gave a
guy a tattoo over lunch,” said Jacob
Taylor, a 24-year-old artist at Taylor’s
Tattoo. “I can’t say where he worked,
but he was in a suit and tie and owned
a company. We get that all the time
these days.”
Taylor says the most popular re-
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