[color:"purple"] [/color] Please Advise! I just found that I have an amalgam tatoo. This is a mark left on the soft palate or somewhere else in the oral cavity from a piece of amalgam not rinsed out after the procedure. What do I do? I have had that for 15 years. The reason I did not see it was because I was "tongue tied" until a recent frenectomy. I have had chronic hives, acne and gastro problems for 7 years. Could that be the cause? I just ordered Huggins book. The Oral Surgeons in my area do not believe in removing this little bit of tissue. How do I find a good Huggins doc? What do I do? Thanks! ~Grace

To find a Huggins Certified dentist, you have to phone the Huggins headquarters at 888-843-5832, and they'll tell you the closest dentist in your area who is Huggins certified (that's if there is any in your area). There are very few, from what I understand.

I'm going to have to travel more than 4 hours to the closest Huggins Certified dentist, to get my TDR done. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Good luck!

P.S. Just wanted to add that maybe you should follow the advice of the oral surgeons and not remove the tattoo. The latter may be too an extreme measure, and I spoke to a top-notch oral surgeon who disagrees with Dr. Huggins on this issue. After lots of browsing, I've come to realize that both Hulda Clarke and Dr. Huggins may be too extreme in some of their viewpoints. Such as "totally" refraining from eating fish. This is overkill, and may just be indicated for those who are ultra-ultra sensitive, rather than those who are just somewhat sensitive.

You MUST remove ALL Amalgam and Amalgam Tatoo's. You can find dentist here: http://www.iaomt.org Regards, Tim

Mercury anywhere in your body will make you sick. Probably best to err on side of caution and remove it.

I'm sorry, but I must disagree about the comment that refraining from eating fish is too extreme. For someone who has any mercury fillings, you are already way over the amount that the body can detoxify normally and any additional mercury-ie. fish- will just make your mercury burden total that much higher. If you have detoxed to the point where you don't have any symptoms anymore, you might could have fish occasionally like Russ says that he does, but he also takes Algin before and after to remove it.

Even the main stream people admit that there is a lot of mercury in fish that is dangerous to your health.

No doubt that everyone will have to make this decision for themselves. In my experience, eating fish brings on symptoms just like when I still had amalgams in, but not as severe. Using Algin, I'm able to avoid the symptoms almost completely. I will take 4 Algin about 30 minutes before dinner and 4 immediately after, then 4 more a couple hours later. It makes all the difference in the world, and I do it mainly so I can "cheat" and enjoy a piece of salmon at Carrabba's once ever month or two.

I also take Vitamin C with Bioflavonoids and Vitamin E with Selenium before and after and the next day for additional protection.

Nevertheless, mercury is toxic and potentially kills cells and causes damage in anyone who ingests it. No one is immune to mercury. I grew up in a medical family around many doctors and have learned that doctors are often very careless. They have a "it won't hurt you" or "it's no bug deal" kind of attitude when they really should err on the safe side.

Hope this helps.