Getting a tattoo may have some unexpected complications if your immune system isn’t up to scratch, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports. The warning comes after they treated a woman for chronic pain in her left hip, knee and thigh some months after she had been tattooed. She had been taking drugs to dampen down her immune...
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Tattoos: Does ink travel through your body?
What happens when tattoo ink is injected into your skin? Most of it remains firmly lodged there, but some pigments travel to lymph nodes or even destinations in your body that are farther afield. All the while, you are left sporting a new tattoo. From elaborate designs and sports team badges to the names of...