Comment on Tattoo Ink Moves Through the Body, Killing Immune Cells and Weakening Vaccine Response

answersplease77@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  I got a tattoo on my leg when I was 17.

  36 now and I’m the past year it’s gotten ridiculously itchy and bumpy and my skin is rejecting the ink and spitting it up in little spots.

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• DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think if these effects were universal and as serious as the paper makes out, we’d have noticed them waaay sooner.

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  • scytale@piefed.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    To be fair, it’s possible it has been a significant factor to weakend immune systems all along; it was just now that the connection/link with tattoo ink was identified. Not a scientist obviously, just spitballing.

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  • jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And yet things like asbestos, lead, and smoking all took way longer than you’d expect (given they were a lot more universal).

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    • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And yet humans have been tattooing themselves since the dawn of recorded history - significantly longer than any of those other things were around before their harm became evident.

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