they can be a death sentence... you can contract Hepatitis C from getting a tattoo for which there is no known cure....the treatments are extremely expensive that the average person could not afford to pay for...I have a family member like you that loved tattoos and may still lose their young life even after having the costly treatments and is still very sick...No they were not a drug user so no dirty needles
unless one was used by the tattoo artist, but the risk does not stop there because they can open a new needle and dip it into the same ink that was already contaminated with the virus from another tattoo lover
I just wanted to make you aware of what can follow a pretty tattoo