Can you still get an epidurial if you tattoo your lower back?

I have heard 3 different things from 3 different tattoo artists. Can you get an epidural (Where they shove a needle up your spine, normaly when giving birth) if you get a tattoo on your spine/lower back? Here are the answers I have recieved: -Yes, it doesn't matter. -No, lord no, you can't. -Yes, but not right after you recieve your tattoo. Thank you so much!

Where did you even hear you could get an epidural???? Tattoo artists are not anesthesiologists.

I think the question was more like, if she gets a tattoo on her lower back, and a year or 5 years or whenever later is having a baby, will the tattoo be affected if she gets an epidural. Or is an epidural even an option if the lower back is tattooed? That's how I read the question, but I could be wrong.

Hi I made some research for you and found this article that might help you with your question. http://www.cja-jca.org/cgi/content/full/49/10/1057?view=full&pmid=12477678