As a Nurseline nurse, I talk to folks across the country. I get calls
from a lot of younger people who have gotten tattoos or body piercings
and within a few days they have symptoms that sound very much like
MRSA near the site. Please encourage everybody you know who might be
considering Tattoos, Body Piercings or any Planned Surgical Procedure
(in other words, any planned event that would open your skin) to wash
with Hibiclens from head to toe for at least a week prior to decrease
the microbial cell count on their body prior to the event. When I say
head to toe, I mean it literally. Not every day, but at least once a
week, I wash with Hibiclens in my hair all the way down to my tippy,
tippy toes!!!

Caryl