Posted on 05/01/2019 3:06:23 PM PDT by LucyT
Recently, European scientists bombarded tattooed corpses with X-rays from a particle accelerator. While it could have been a scene for an upcoming goth body horror movie, it was actually a study meant to benefit living humans with tattoos. This grisly experiment helped European nanoparticle researchers understand how tattoo ink travels in human bodies over time.
In a study published in the journal Scientific Reports on Tuesday, a team of French and German researchers reports that nanoparticles found in some tattoo inks can migrate away from the skin — and accumulate in lymph nodes.
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Back 62 years ago,in school I accidentally rammed a #2 lead pencil into my finger. It left a permanent black mark under the skin. I just looked and it has not changed in all these years, but that was graphite, and not tattoo ink.
When I was a child, I threw a pencil at my brother in anger. It left a small dark spot in the center of his forehead.
Fast forward 30-something years as I view him in his early coffin, that dot was still there on his forehead.
It makes you wonder whether these people covering their entire bodies with tats will end up with lymphomas or something in 20 years. It’s not the same as a vet from 50 years ago who gets one or two during service.
I heard the other day that the Boy Scouts organization as decided to go modern. They will no longer give merit badges; they will give tattoos.
Reason #902 why I don’t have any tats.
No surprise, I have yet to meet anyone with a tattoo who’s normal.
Hey!! Not normal? What’s that all about, anyway? Just kidding. Was the following normal?
I had to have a double mastectomy. Even as we were discussing that my husband and youngest daughter were discussing breast replacement with silicone implants. Everybody got to choose the breast size they wanted on my body (tells you where I ranked in that group!). I got what they wanted. Within several months I was back in the operating arena waiting to get them out as in gone permanently due to extreme pain especially with movement where the silicone implants were.
When the implants were examined after removal their covering was mostly gone, so the pectoral muscles were removed also. It turns out the macrophages just loved that covering and the silicone. After gobbling it up, those little cells moved that silicone all over my body and especially in the pectoral muscles.. The relief of being rid of heavy artificial breasts was enormous.
Later, home and recovering, I looked at my “self” in the bathroom mirror and was horrified by the raw scars. I couldn’t stand to look at them myself. A year later I was contemplating getting a tattoo to hide repaired wounds
It worked just great even though the ‘tatooist’ was concerned about the thinness of my chest skin. Nothing came of any worry and I still have a lovely though slightly blurry tattoo of flowers and wolves across my chest.
I don’t think that effort and the results were abnormal. Just a normal thing to do to not look so damaged. I bet lots of people do the same thing.
Gd bless you. Glad you are ok and enjoying life!
When I started reading I thought you were going to mention the nipple tattooing like my friend with breast cancer (now in remission and going through reconstruction) is going to get. Apparently they are getting very good at giving women who have reconstructions tattooed nipples.
All the best to you.
“Scars are tatoos with better stories.” And I have them from head to toe, and everywhere in between.
So no need for ink tatoos.......that all scream, “I am insecure - but want to look tough.....”
Ok - flame away, tatooeee’s.........
I agree. The waiter tonight was all tatted up and I thought he might have hit his career pinnacle at 25.
One of my kids has one on his leg. It’s a artistic transliteration of a Bible verse that had meaning to him and some buddies, one of whom died over the summer in a drowning. My son aided in the rescue and attempted CPR.
So, I’m not saying much about that one.
Nursing homes will soon be full of little old wrinkled ladies with great boobs and unrecognizable tattoos.
A tattoo has never improved the appearance of anybody.
“wonder whether these people covering their entire bodies with tats will end up with lymphomas or something in 20 years.”
It is possible some types of inks will cause problems and others won’t — may not be known for decades.
> A tattoo has never improved the appearance of anybody.
Mike Tyson?
Agreed entirely
No tattoos no long hair for boys no piercings for boys
Those are my rules
Tattoos are hideous especially on women
I recall thinking, back when tattoos started really showing up, that one day, people would “progress” to tattooing their faces. I also recall thinking that no, people wouldn’t REALLY do that... and now here we are.
My son years ago wanted to get a tattoo. I was against it.
Big letters across his chest.
In Him my Victory. (Or something like that)
It’s in Latin. (He had a Latin 4-year degree as a Sophomore in HS, theology degree from college.)
I rarely see it. Yeah - I give him a pass on that one. He did get another smaller one on his forearm. Another Christian symbol. It’s been a few years since that one, so I hope that he has stopped.
[This tattoo craze is not going to end well.
And we will end up picking up the tab.]
Kinda prophetic on both counts.
The Greek word for “mark” in Mark of the Beast is “charagma” - tattoo.
“i.e. stamp (as a badge of servitude)”
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?t=kjv&strongs=g5480
Eventually, no one will be able to pick up their tab, to buy or sell, without that particular tattoo.
Heck half of the tatted up clown crowd has hepatitis already - could be from those unclean tools.
We’re already paying for it now in some way.
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