{"id":42427,"date":"2014-09-11T20:53:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T00:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=42427"},"modified":"2014-09-11T20:53:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T00:53:39","slug":"mmdhd-176","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/mmdhd-176\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking of getting a tattoo or piercing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Know the risks<!--more--><br \/>\nBody art (tattoos and piercings) has become a very popular form of self-expression. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re considering, know the risks involved and protect your health by making sure the facility you choose is licensed.<br \/>\nBody art procedures can be associated with serious health risks, including the transmission of blood-borne diseases such as Hepatitis B (HBV), Hepatitis C (HCV), and Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV. These procedures also carry the risk of dangerous skin infections such as Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, or MRSA.<br \/>\nTo help protect against these risks, the State of Michigan requires body art facilities to be licensed, to follow certain standards, and pass on-site inspections.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re planning to get a tattoo or piercing, protect yourself by avoiding unlicensed body art facilities.<br \/>\nTo learn more about the risks associated with body art, licensing requirements, or to find a list of local licensed body art facilities, visit the Michigan Department of Community Health website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/bodyart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.michigan.gov\/bodyart<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Know the risks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}