{"id":19827,"date":"2022-05-24T15:47:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=19827"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:20:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:20:01","slug":"can-i-get-a-tattoo-if-i-am-undetectable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/19827","title":{"rendered":"Can I get a tattoo if I am undetectable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is easy and safe to get a tattoo.<\/p>\n<p>There is no additional risk to either you or the tattoo artist from HIV.<\/p>\n<p>This is not because of U=U though. It is because tattoo are given under sterile conditions.<\/p>\n<p>As long as you use a reputable tattoo artist that follows appropriate hygiene techniques there is no risk of transmission. This involves using gloves, single-use ink pots and disposable needles\/tubing.<\/p>\n<p>Great to hear you are doing well on treatment too.<\/p>\n<p>Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I have been on ART for about 5 years (4 years with Genvoya and 1 year Biktarvy) and my viral load is undetectable. <\/p>\n<p>I would like to get a tattoo but there would be bleeding during the tattoo procedure. Is there a transmission risk during the bleeding although my viral load is undetectable? <\/p>\n<p>Or the transmission risk is low due to being undetectable?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-transmission","category-living-with-hiv-long-term"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25165,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19827\/revisions\/25165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}