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Tattoos Affect Your Immune System in Ways We're Only Beginning to Understand (www.sciencealert.com)

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Once tattoo ink enters the body, it does not stay put. Beneath the skin, tattoo pigments interact with the immune system in ways scientists are only just beginning to understand.

Tattoos are generally considered safe, but growing scientific evidence suggests tattoo inks are not biologically inert. The key question is no longer whether tattoos introduce foreign substances into the body, but how toxic those substances might be and what that means for long-term health.

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Read the article.

~TL;DR No, not in a good way.~

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

If it were in a good way, the title would be different. That’s why I’m refusing to read it.