Obviously not a color tattoo so it can't convey it super well, but it means it to me and that's what matters.
I know my last one I posted had a decent amount of downvotes lol. From a technical and longevity standpoint, this seems like it is executed a lot better, but I still love both.
Edit: Oh I guess that one is a bit blurry. This one should be more clear. Not sure if this crowd will like this either haha.
Not sure why you randomly decided to come to this community to fear monger lol.
But anyway, instead of a pop-sci piece, I managed to find the original referenced paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ceo.70012
I'll admit I only skimmed it, but what is confusing to me is that they doesn't seem to go into detail what sort of research was involved to determine the tattoo as the cause of the condition described. I don't know that this article really goes into depth enough to discern whether or not the tattoos themselves are the cause, or if the inflamed tattoos are actually a symptom. There are many references to a relationship with sarcoidosis, which is an autoimmune disease. Sarcoidosis itself is not associated with tattoos and has multifactorial causes. It seems to me that in those genetically susceptible, you could hypothesize that the tattoo pigment may play a role in the development of the condition. But it seems like more of an explanation is warranted. But I'll admit it is a long paper so I just did some light skimming.
Oh but I will say it's not totally unheard of for the body's immune response to a particular substance get too "messy" and start attacking other things. It is the case with strep throat sometimes causing heart damage due to a "messy" immune response/overreaction or certain GI bugs causing Guillain Barre syndrome (an autoimmune paralysis disease) from a "messy" immune response/overreaction. So it certainly is plausible. It just doesn't seem to be definitive yet based on my casual reading. I could be wrong. The article describes tattoo excision being associated with remission, BUT that the patients were also systemically treated. So imo sounds like a confounding variable instead of definitive proof. But idk.
One interesting thing is that my job revolves around dissecting human organs. It is interesting to see, but tattoo pigment does travel to and color the nearby lymph nodes in your body. Lymph nodes are part of the immune system and help maintain the balance of fluid between your tissue and your blood vessels. It's neat to see.
Anyway, a curious phenomenon that I hadn't heard of. I can't say I feel at all alarmed if that was your goal lol.
My goal is to spread scientific knowledge and to help people make healthy decisions for their bodies.
Your post popped up into my all feed a few posts below the link I posted.
Calling this pop-sci? I doubt you’ll find any scientific pro-tattoo papers. Your body your choice though.