Tattoos have been linked to a deadly type of blood cancer for the first time.

birdy said:
I had heard about this years ago but didn't pay much attention since I don't dye my hair. I wonder if modern hair dyes are less likely to be a problem.
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Modern hair dyes are definitely less harsh on the body but still unhealthy. Spray foam colours are the least lethal and just wash out with soap and water.
 

I have seen some I think are overdone and I do not like. For example, I don't care for facial tattoos. However, to each his own. They don't bother me and some are really pretty.
 

I spent a month in a Navy hospital in 1959. I saw a variety of tattoos there.
One sailor had boat propellers on his buttocks. One that I saw a number of times was a dagger with the legend "Death before Dishonor".
 
When I was 17 I had tats all over my body.
17 through 62 could not get a date. The gals were scared of me.
Had the tats removed at age 72.
The gals are still afraid of me.
 
DebraMae said:
I have seen some I think are overdone and I do not like. For example, I don't care for facial tattoos. However, to each his own. They don't bother me and some are really pretty.
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I had not seen facial tattoos until 2015 while working in a prison, and even at that was not common there at the time. To me, facial tattooing says "I give up on being accepted in Normal Life".
 
New Zealand is one of the most tattooed nations on earth. The Maori Ta Moko tattooing is a centuries old tradition of facial tattooing.
Tattooed people don't mind if you're not tattooed.
 
Born_To_Lose said:
I have a friend that was in the Navy during the Vietnam War. He got his tattoo in Vietnam and in 2004 was diagnosed with liver disease due to his tattoo. In 2010, he received a new liver and has been living since, but takes a lot of drugs and has been on dialysis 3 days a week since about 2018. He really has NO life to speak of.
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I know another man that had the same thing done. He had a liver transplant. He walks around the house all day with a heavy robe on. He lives in Florida and it's very hot there, so the A/C runs constantly for his wife and visitors. He gets cold really easy, so he wears a robe all the time. The only time he goes outside is to go to the hospital or doctors. I have never seen him in his house without wearing a robe.

He is also on dialysis 3 or 4 days per week.
 
Hepatitis C can be spread by any blooded borne medium, such as unsterilised needles.

Not a risk in accredited tattoo places with sterility standards.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
My husband has 3 tattoos. Iā€™ll admit to not really liking them but I love him so I put my opinions aside. Iā€™m fairly neutral about tattoos. I definitely donā€™t hate them. In fact my sister in law has a small tattoo on her back shoulder and itā€™s actually really cute. She has a diamond stud through her nose and both are very tasteful. Some musicians have tattoos all over their face. Thats not a look I fancy.
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My husband and my daughter have tattoos. So I don't mind tattoos if they aren't overdone (like covering all your skin or 'sleeves') but I've never wanted one myself. Just can't picture it.
 
My imagination just had to play... the prompt was "I like seeing an elderly ladies with tattoos here in the geezer ghetto which is for people 55+."
It seems to be improving a bit.

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I hate tattoo's, always have! I respect the rights of others to have them, I just don't like them. Each of my three adult kids have a small one. I also respected their right to get them since they were on their own self-supporting when they got them. I did and do tease them about it, but that is all. Although, I did email this post to them yesterday. None of them acknowledged receiving it...but I know they did.
 
Debrah N. said:
My husband and my daughter have tattoos. So I don't mind tattoos if they aren't overdone (like covering all your skin or 'sleeves') but I've never wanted one myself. Just can't picture it.
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The only tattoo Iā€™m not fond on my husband is the MOM with a big read heart with big red roses. Itā€™s nicely done. Itā€™s not that Iā€™m jealous, I just think the tattoo is a bit lame.
The eagle he has is nice and I canā€™t even remember what the other one is. lol šŸ˜‚

My sister has a one inch butterfly and it looks nice. Iā€™ve never wanted a tattoo either but Iā€™ve actually thought about getting a big scar on my arm covered up. The woman with the petunias covering up her unsightly stars I think is brilliant. If I had scars that bad, Iā€™d seriously consider getting them.
 
hollydolly said:
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden found that tattooed individuals had a 21 percent higher risk of lymphoma, compared to people without tattoos.

Lymphoma is a type of cancer than affects the white blood cells, which are crucial for fighting infections.

The link is thought to lie with carcinogenic chemicals in the tattoo ink. When it is injected into the skin, it is be interpreted as something foreign and the immune system is activated, causing a low-grade inflammation in the body which can trigger cancer.

Some 46 percent of 30 to 49 year-old Americans have at least one tattoo, while 22 percent of all ages, on average, have more than one.
The researchers identified people with lymphoma aged between 20 and 60 using population registers, and then matched them with a control group of the same sex and age, but without a diagnosis of lymphoma.

The participants were then given a questionnaire about lifestyle factors to see if they were tattooed or not.

Around 1,400 of people with lymphoma answered the questionnaire, as well as 4,193 people in the control group.

In the group with lymphoma, 21 percent (289 people) were tattooed, while 18 percent (735 people) were tattooed in the control group.

'After taking into account other relevant factors, such as smoking and age, we found that the risk of developing lymphoma was 21 percent higher among those who were tattooed,' said Christel Nielsen, the researcher at Lund University who led the study.

The researchers had theorized that the size of the tattoo might impact the risk of lymphoma, and thought that a full body tattoo might be linked to a higher chance of cancer.
Tattoos may raise the risk of a deadly cancer 20%, shock study warns
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I think all of us knew that tattoos would not be good for us, but that never stopped people from smoking or engaging in other risky activities. Eve grabbed that apple off the tree, and here we are today.
 
TennVet said:
I think all of us knew that tattoos would not be good for us, but that never stopped people from smoking or engaging in other risky activities. Eve grabbed that apple off the tree, and here we are today.
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well..I never knew that Tattoos were likely to give Blood cancer, but common sense stopped me from having them
 
I think that common sense is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing when it helps avoid consequences of something you really want to do, and curse when your mother or spouse point a finger at you for doing something that common sense would force you to avoid.
 
Tattoo inks arenā€™t approved or regulated by the FDA.

Lets look at facts. Get a tattoo and 50 years later can you read it. Did the permanent ink Spread ?

While certain tattoo ink ingredients may be considered carcinogenic, thereā€™s still a lack of evidence showing a link between these and any other cancers.
 
Pepper said:
I find tattoos so repulsive, and it seemed most white folks in Coney Island this past Sunday were loaded with them. A reason to hate summer: seeing all the ugly, poorly drawn tattoos. My other reason to hate summer is motorcycle noise. Otherwise, I love summer.
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Iā€™m not against at such, I just donā€™t like the way they look, donā€™t have one and will never get one. Itā€™s like walking around with doodles or graffiti on your body. Whatever you choose will get tiresome to see eventually and I just am not an exhibitionist.
 
hollydolly said:
well..I never knew that Tattoos were likely to give Blood cancer, but common sense stopped me from having them
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They're not - so....................

I don't have any tattoo's. I won't be getting any tattoo's. So I think I'm safe.

Do I find tattoo's a turn off? Yeah. In the big picture can I justify it? No, not really, other than personal preference.
 

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