Question: for those who got diagnosed with Uveitis after getting a tattoo.
NOT ASKING FOR MEDICAL ADVICE
After getting my first ever tattoo (full blackout/geometric/mandala sleeve) I still have 1 more session to go totaling in 5 sessions (8-9 hour days).
After 4 months from my last session (4th session June 2025) my right eyes started acting weird. Went to the eye doctors and they could not tell what was going on... The eye doctor figured out it was Uveitis after a few weeks of constant checks. He then did the steps needed to see what was causing it. I had a bunch of blood work done, x-rays, Rheumatology visits and everything was pointing negative which the eye doctor thought was very odd as he has never seen Uveitis appear on someone where every check shows negative and let alone only 1 eyeball affected.
After months on being on steroid eye drops he suggested I go to an eye specialist, specifically an eye doctor located in Philadelphia who is apparently a world renown eye doctor who specializes in Uveitis.. I made my appointment and made the drive. He looked through my medical history, notes, test results from everything I was asked to do for the past couple of months and he then asks did you do anything to your body out of the norm in the past year or around 4-6 before you started noticing eye issues? possibly a tattoo? and I said yes I got a tattoo (I had a jacket on). He asked to see the tattoo and saw some raised areas (when rubbing your finger against it you can see the skin was raised). He then said you have tattoo associated Uveitis. Very uncommon but "I went around the world and studied tribes with art on their bodies and did a whole research paper on Uveitis and tattoos". Reason he said this was because he had a student there I guess shadowing him so he was explaining to her what could cause this.. you can look up on google "Tattoo uveitis Dr. Dunn" and his stuff will appear. It is a SUPER rare and uncommon trigger that do not have all the answers.. my first question was did I go to a bad artist? he said no you can go to any tattoo artist in the world and this would've happen to me.
Regardless, my question is anyone that was diagnosed with Uveitis after getting a tattoo, did you continue getting tattoos after or stopped? I have my next appointment with the specialist a month before my 5th session so whatever he says I will go with and cancel my apt but... just curious to know what others have done.