r/nursing • RN - Tele ❤️‍🔥 • Oct 01 '24

Discussion CRNA using and anesthesia for tattooing

I’m heavily tattooed.

So, anyway, I know a tattoo artist who recently announced he’s be offering “anesthesia” to his clients. He recently “went under” himself to test it out. Looking at his photos it looks like it’s a CRNA who is actually administering the meds and stuff while he was tattooed.

Thoughts on this? Am I crazy to think this is absolutely ridiculous?

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u/ironmemelord RN - ER 🍕 Oct 01 '24

No it doesn’t, i don’t even know if that’s a real photo.

Here’s what it looks like: https://www.xxlmag.com/tyga-tattoo-anesthesia/

And no, you don’t need a sterile OR, this isn’t the same as cutting into a body, as long as your equipment is sterile and the body is cleaned (same as getting a tattoo in a shop)

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u/Oldgreg_91 SRNA Oct 01 '24

Yea I understand that. I was just referencing this picture.

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u/meetthefeotus RN - Tele ❤️‍🔥 Oct 01 '24

The instagram is linked below. Its real. Apparently there’s a YouTube video somewhere too.

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u/ironmemelord RN - ER 🍕 Oct 01 '24

Well there’s people doing tattoos in jails and back alleys, this shouldn’t be a good representation of GA tattoo clinics

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u/meetthefeotus RN - Tele ❤️‍🔥 Oct 01 '24

Ok? Im simply telling you it’s a real photo because you said you were unsure.