Dangerous Ink: Tattoo Artists Called ‘Scratchers’ Can Make People Very Sick

DENVER (CBS4) – Tattoos have become increasingly popular and with it concern over the safety in getting one. A study found people with hepatitis C were almost four times more likely to report having a tattoo.
These days it seems most everyone has a tattoo, and the tattoos are most everywhere — from the head to the arms, the toes, even in the eyes.
CBS4 Investigator Rick Sallinger went to the Denver Tattoo Convention and met a man who is tattooed from head to toe. He calls himself The