Hip replacement and tattoos

Yes it is. I'm herring one soon and its only been a little over a year.

I think the question is, is it safe to get a tattoo full stop, so long as it's a registered business, it passes health and safety visit's, has good reviews and uses all new needles and inks for your tattoos and if it's a big tattoo that needs repeat visits they give you the inks to take home to keep safe, or they decant it into small containers that they throw away after the session.

So having a tattoo is not the question it's whether it's safe to have one whether you have had a HR or not.

If your even remotely worried as your surgeon or GP, what are you thinking of having.

This is rare but it can travel towards your fake joint. It is called Acute hematogenous infection and it occurs in a previously well-functioning joint years after the surgery. The hip joint is most susceptible to this rare joint infection during the first 2 post-op years. You could ask for some anti biotics after the tattoo which should ensure against infection.

Once the infection has settled in the hip joint, antibiotic-only treatment is not effective. Once the bacteria settle on the joint surface, they quickly produce a slime envelope that protects them against the action of antibiotics. The surgeon must remove the infected prosthesis plus the surrounding tissues to get rid of the slime-forming bacteria. Once the hip has been removed, the antibiotic will be effective in getting rid of the remaining bacteria. The technique most often used is done in two operations. First the joint is surgically removed and it is replaced with a big wad of bone cement impregnated with antibiotics called a spacer. Then the patient is without a hip for a period of time (several weeks) while taking massive doses of antibiotics. In the second surgery, called a "revision" a new prosthesis is implanted which may involve bone grafts, cement to fill the empty spaces. Antibiotic treatment continues after the second surgery.

Why risk anything that could poison your system. But, there again, I can't understand the need for people to tattoo themselves, what does it prove.