Lyme and a Tattoo

Is it a bad idea to get a tattoo if you have lyme disease? I'm still on antibiotics so will probably wait until a few months after finishing. Was just wondering whether the inflammation from it could cause a relapse of symptoms. Right now even small cuts and scrapes haven't been fully healing so I can imagine a tattoo might not heal properly. Anyone have any experience getting one after getting sick?

I wouldn't get one, but I wouldn't get one anyway.

You can have allergic reactions to the instruments, the solutions, the ink. It's also trauma to the skin, which would require a healing response from the immune system. You can also get infections, especially if you have any kind of reaction to any part of the process or materials. You could get even more disease than you already have if anything touching your skin or penetrating your tissues is contaminated. If hospitals can't keep from giving people secondary infections from inadequate sanitation, do you really think it's impossible for even a conscientious tattoo parlor to transmit something?

(I did no research to come up with the above response. That is the result of vague memories of things I've read combined with a healthy dose of God-given common sense. Do with it as you wish.)

Ok, thanks for your replies. I guess the general consensus is it's a bad idea, at least right now. I'll add it to my "when I'm well again" bucket list, along with many other things. ^^

Putting another foreign substance in the body wouldn't be something I would choose to do.

Plus all the needles...

I remember dr. K talking about that in the past, but can't remember the details.
The only think that I remember, is that he highly disapproved the ink.

For highly sensitive and allergic patients, that could be even dangerous.

And knowing about interference fields through scars (due to needles or surgery) causing serious diseases somewhere else in the body due to interference..., nope, not for me.

Unless for a sort of ritual or symbolic purpose done in traditional societies for centuries, I wouldn't do it.