Tattoos get discussed from time to time, and although I don’t have any, I’m still somewhat fascinated by the fact that they’re so common these days.

I thought that the issue of the pigments collecting in lymph nodes had been discussed here not too long ago, but I didn’t find anything with a search.
Anyway, of possible interest.
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Tattoos may do more than decorate the skin — they could also alter how the body responds to disease, according to new research.
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“This work represents the most extensive study to date regarding the effect of tattoo ink on the immune response and raises serious health concerns associated with the tattooing practice,” researchers said.

The study, published in PNAS, found that tattoo ink not only remains in the skin but also travels through the body, accumulating in the immune system, where it can stay for years.
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Following tattooing, the mice’s immune response to COVID-19 vaccines weakened, although the same inks appeared to enhance the response to a UV-inactivated flu vaccine.

However, the Swiss researchers stated that these findings must be validated through human studies and across different vaccine types.
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Tattoo inks, composed of colour pigments diluted in a carrier liquid, may contain up to 100 chemicals. While black tattoos are typically done with carbon pigment, colored tattoos typically contain industrial organic pigments originally designed for plastics, varnishes, or paints.

In Europe, the ink has been regulated since 2022 by the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, which intends to harmonise the legislation across member states.

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Full article at link.

I have one, that I got for a damn good reason in the 90’s as I was presented with multiple contracts that would have made me a lot of money. I refused to sell out. Got something that means something to the mean on the upper arm, aka military style. And it’s just the one. Today, and I think what the article is referencing, are these people who get sleeves, both sleeves, up and down their legs, their face, IE “ALL” over their body. I highly doubt that someone who has a one, arm, leg, whatever, has anything to concern themselves over. It’s the whole body shit these people are doing that could present an issue.

I do not have any and never will, but I have zero faith in any study. I would have to really dig into it to see who is funding it and how it was done before I started to trust the results.

It seems there are always new studies showing something else that causes cancer. It’s to the point where being alive causes cancer.

No tattoos. except on an island.

There are so many people with extensive tattoos now that if this actually was the case it would be very obvious by now.

Of course tattoo's effect your body.

Your body absorbs the ink over time which is one of the reasons they fade. It's a foreign object that shouldn't be under your skin.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318388

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Following tattooing, the mice’s immune response to COVID-19 vaccines weakened, although the same inks appeared to enhance the response to a UV-inactivated flu vaccine.

So, it’s a wash. But they won’t tell you that in the headline. Only the doom and gloom. Also, notice how they write the above sentence. The inks weaken the immune response to covid vaccines but only appeared to enhance the response to the flu vaccine. Nope, there’s no agenda there. Oh, before anyone jump on me for defending tattoos, I have none.

When I was a teen, "rebellion" was growing long hair, wearing bellbottoms and walking around barefooted. I grew out of that, got a haircut, bought khaki pants and boat shoes.

I'm sooo glad that the fad in my day was not permanent body ink.

Putting a tattoo on my bronzed and chiseled bod would be akin to adding a sharpie mustache to the Mona Lisa.
I may be delusional and prone to exaggeration though.

OZ

If I were a mouse I would be concerned. More junk science