Reader question: Experience with the traditional way of having a Sak Yant Tattoo done by a monk

For safety reasons alone, I would never have a monk get such a tattoo. ( Hepatitis infection )
I also thought about having it installed…but as mentioned above, hygiene is not really present at those mass injection sessions. Indeed, find a good shop if you have the opportunity, go to Jack Tattoo on Koh chang, for example, this is a shop that has been on White Sand Beach for years and that works safely and also delivers quality.

Good luck and go crazy and let's get inked

HEPATITISC

What is Hepatitis C?
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

How can you get hepatitis C and how can you infect others?
The virus is transmitted through infected blood. Infection can occur through the use of non-sterile needles for injections, through blood transfusions, piercings, tattoos, acupuncture, shared use of razors or toothbrushes, and contact with contaminated blood for skin injuries. The chance of getting hepatitis C through heterosexual contact is very small. The risk for travelers is usually extremely small, although the risk of contracting hepatitis C is greater in non-Western countries than in the Netherlands, as more people are often carriers and hygiene is poorer.

How does hepatitis B develop?

Hepatitis B is caused by a virus. The virus is in the blood, semen and vaginal fluid of someone who is infected.

Hepatitis B is contagious from six weeks before the first symptoms appear until the virus has disappeared from the blood. The virus can be transmitted in several ways.

You can become infected with the virus if infected blood, semen (including fluid released before ejaculation) or vaginal fluid comes into contact with a wound in your skin or with the mucous membranes of your mouth, nose, eyes, anus or genitals. For example with:

having unsafe sex with a partner who is infected with hepatitis B;
a prick with a contaminated needle (injections, piercings, tattoos, acupuncture or drug use);
using a contaminated razor blade or toothbrush.

Dear Bart,
I had that done about 6 years ago. Just go there and there are several monks who spread these tattoos on their domain. Walk around once and you will automatically find the right monk for you. I then chose a monk who spoke good English and had a sense of humour. Just wait in line then. They didn't ask anything, but the Thai woman who was with me then said that it is customary to put something in an envelope. Idd the hygiene is not like in a tattoo shop, but it was well disinfected before the start. Good luck and hear it