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Tattoos impair sweating, could increase risk of heat-related injury
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Tattoos impair sweating, could increase risk of heat-related injury

by  American Physiological Society New research finds that tattooed skin does not sweat as much as non-inked areas of the body, which may have implications for the body’s ability to cool in people with extensive tattooing. The first-of-its-kind study is published ahead of print in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Normal sweating helps regulate body temperature. Eccrine sweat glands, found throughout...