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Getting your first tattoo rarely happens in a perfectly calm, logical moment. More often, it arrives wrapped in adrenaline and emotion, with the sense that something meaningful is about to happen.

From inflammatory skin diseases to bleeding disorders, city-based experts explain when getting a tattoo may become risky ...