Thyroid Disease

I don't see why you couldn't get a tattoo or a piercing with a thyroid condition. My son has hypothyroidism and so does my mom. She is not tatted or pierced, but I guess she does have her ears pierced and as far as I know she's never had a problem w/them. My son does not have any tats or piercings (he's only 6!) but he does have a feeding tube surgically placed in his tummy, so in a sense his stomach is pierced! :-)

Thyroid conditions are surprisingly common. My son is on the same med as you only he only takes 25 mcg. My parent's dog also has hypothyroidism!! haha The good news is that a person can live w/out a thyroid at all (in the case of thyroid cancer)!!! So as long as you keep up on your meds I think you are safe!!

Good luck! :-)

I have hashimoto's disease. I am on Levothyroxin 88 and I have 2 tats and 3 holes in each ear. I am fine. I really don't understand what tats and piercings have to do with it. As long as you take your meds everyday and get your TSH levels checked every 6 months you will be fine. I was diagnosed with it 13 years ago and I have not changed the dosage in 13 years. When I first learned that I had it I was very upset cause I never heard of it. I did all my research online and talked to the dr's. I was a absolute reck when I learned that I may not be able to have children. I spoke to my OBGYN about it and he told me that as long as they keep it under control I wouldn't have any problems. I have a beautiful 3 yr old and I am currently 33 weeks pregnant. I did have a miscarriage last year but they told me that my thyroid was not the cause. They are currently testing my TSH levels every 3 months because of the pregnancy. But nothing has changed. When I was pregnant with my daughter it acually brought my levels down.
Not really sure where to tell you to go to look for information. I just looked up everything that I could at the time. I live a very normal life. Some days I have so much energy that I don't know what to do with it and other days I am tired. I do feel the heat and the cold alot more then normal but you get used to that. Other then that do what you want. If you want a tat then by all means go get one. Best of luck!

I have thyroid disease too but did not know this when I got my ears pierced (age 18) and several tatoos (at age 24 and 30). How would getting your body altered affect your thryoid levels? The only way it has affected me was that in the initial workup I had the beginnings of a goiter, and then I'm pretty sure that's why it was so difficult for me to get pregnant. Maybe I need to do more research...

K.

My daughter has Hashimoto's Thyroidosis ..

Tats and piercings have nothing to do with thyroid diseases..

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism when my youngest was 4 months old. I take 75mcg of Levothyroxine every morning before I eat and have my labs checked once a year. No biggie. There should not be any issue with tats or piercings. They only warning my doc gave me was to come talk to him when we plan on trying for another baby due to the fact that he will have to monitor my labs more closely and increase my medicine. I also deal with the tired factor and the heat and cold intolerance. But I do feel so much better now than I did before I began medication.
All the best!!!