I don't know which came first in my reaction – the menacing designs obliterating her countenance, or my concern that tattoo inks contain toxins such as phthalates, benzo(a)pyrene, mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium, iron oxide, antimony, beryllium, chromium and cobalt nickel that leach into the body.
I don't know which came first in my reaction – the menacing designs obliterating her countenance, or my concern that tattoo inks contain toxins such as phthalates, benzo(a)pyrene, mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium, iron oxide, antimony, beryllium, chromium and cobalt nickel that leach into the body.
And these toxins are plunged 1-2mm (1/16th of an inch) DEEP INTO your dermis layer, so the color doesn't slough off as you drop dead skin cells daily. Then there's your immune system that sees that ink as an invader and tries to remove it, sometimes ending up in your lymphatic system (lymph nodes), possibly even end up in your liver.
I don't know which came first in my reaction – the menacing designs obliterating her countenance, or my concern that tattoo inks contain toxins such as phthalates, benzo(a)pyrene, mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium, iron oxide, antimony, beryllium, chromium and cobalt nickel that leach into the body.
Seriously? Is informed consent required for tattoo's? If not, it should be.
And these toxins are plunged 1-2mm (1/16th of an inch) DEEP INTO your dermis layer, so the color doesn't slough off as you drop dead skin cells daily. Then there's your immune system that sees that ink as an invader and tries to remove it, sometimes ending up in your lymphatic system (lymph nodes), possibly even end up in your liver.
Same 🙉