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2. Health effects of tattoos - Wikipedia

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   A variety of health effects can result from tattooing. Because it requires breaking the skin barrier, tattooing carries inherent health risks, including infection and allergic reactions. Modern tattooists reduce such risks by following universal precautions, working with single-use disposable needles, and sterilising equipment after each use.

3. Can tattoos cause blood or skin cancer? - AOL

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   Some research has found a link between tattoos and an increased risk of cancer, and recent evidence appears to suggest that tattoos could heighten the risk of blood cancer, in particular.

4. Tattoos may increase blood cancer risk by 21% - AOL

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   Researchers are now looking at whether tattoos can raise the risk of different kinds of cancer. Tattoos were associated with a 21% increased risk of lymphoma , a type of blood cancer, in an ...

5. Medical tattoo - Wikipedia

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   Micropigmentation (permanent makeup) can be used to reduce the visibility of vitiligo areas on the skin. [29] Eyebrow enhancement tattoos such as microblading can provide benefits for individuals with medical conditions like alopecia or trichotillomania, providing a natural-looking restoration of eyebrows lost due to these conditions.

6. Study Finds Tattoos May Be Linked to Higher Risk of Cancer - AOL

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   People with tattoos may be at a higher risk of developing malignant lymphoma, new research finds. Researchers discovered that the risk of developing lymphoma, a type of cancer, was 21% higher ...

7. Tattoo removal - Wikipedia

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   However, a rarely recognized factor of tattoo removal is the role of the patient's immune response. [55] The normal process of tattoo removal is fragmentation followed by phagocytosis, which is then drained away via the lymphatics. Consequently, it is the inflammation resulting from the actual laser treatment and the natural stimulation of the ...

8. Cover-up tattoo - Wikipedia

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   A decorative tattoo over mas­tec­to­my scars (see before image), chosen in lieu of restorative tattoos that replicate the nipple and areola (see example) [31]: 11 . The use of flesh-like medical tattoos to cover up skin conditions and surgical scars is a long-established practice, dating to the German doctor Pauli in 1835, who used mercury sulfide and white lead to tattoo over skin lesions ...

9. Tattoos may give false signs of cancer - AOL

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   Tattoos may go a lot deeper than being your favorite piece of body art or a symbol of your personality.