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.

  • SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    %100 can see that, but these articles keep coming up like they’ve nailed down that people with tattoos are more sick than people without. Which is a correlation doesn’t equate cause…and everyone is running with it now.