“Ink and Faint” or “A Needle Thread”

A rising number of people are getting tattoos as a way to alert emergency personnel of a medical condition, such as diabetes. The trend may be helpful, and may even save a life, but there are some conditions that won’t be helped with a tattoo, such as “fear of needles.”

There is also the risk of health complications where tattooing is concerned, particularly in the case of the woman who immediately regretted getting her “allergic to ink” tattoo.

Medic alert bracelets and necklaces have been around for years, but now the body art industry has a chance to help in the cause. This, of course, is after the failed prototype, the “hemophiliac” body piercing jewelry.