Study finds Tatoo ink accumulates in Lymph nodes

[yfarm]

Was referred a woman with enlarged lymph nodes under her arm, did a needle biopsy, tissue was black usually means melanoma, pathologist reported inflammatory changes consistent with foreign body reaction - tattoo ink.
Had a farmer north of our property stick his arm in a sprayer tank filled with herbicide, took it out and licked his fingers saying to his neighbor this stuff can’t hurt you - dead 15 yrs later of leukemia, who knows?
Anecdotes are meaningless compared with controlled studies. Remember this when you make decisions based on single events. The odds are that the next time black is present in a tissue sample it will be melanoma unless there is a tattoo upstream.

 

[ewade07]

tats are just another "look at me" more than anything else.....and largely a complete waste of money. Want to look inclusive, get purple hair dye. It's cheaper and don't need to worry about wrinkly skin tats when you are 70. My son got one in college, and I told him to make that his only and last one. 20 years later it is still his only one. If you got excess money(few do), donate it to a worthy cause. There are lots of them. As for health issues I'm not in that camp.

i didnt get any of my 7 tattoos as a "look at me". sure, theres alot of people who get them on a whim and regret them. all of mine were specifically designed and each one has a special meaning to me so i wont care when they are faded and saggy when i die. sure, they cost me a fair bit of change throughout the years, but im sure you spend your money on stuff others would deem unfit as well. hell, youre a member on Rokslide

 

[Beendare]

Was referred a woman with enlarged lymph nodes under her arm, did a needle biopsy, tissue was black usually means melanoma, pathologist reported inflammatory changes consistent with foreign body reaction - tattoo ink.
Had a farmer north of our property stick his arm in a sprayer tank filled with herbicide, took it out and licked his fingers saying to his neighbor this stuff can’t hurt you - dead 15 yrs later of leukemia, who knows?
Anecdotes are meaningless compared with controlled studies. Remember this when you make decisions based on single events. The odds are that the next time black is present in a tissue sample it will be melanoma unless there is a tattoo upstream.

Good point. Anecdotal evidence is suspect...until it isn't.

My dad worked on the huge presses that make packaging with constant exposure to ink. His doc found that ink in his enlarged lymph nodes and he and a couple of the guys he worked with all got Parkinson's. Coincidence?

His story is much different than someone with a couple tats. He and his co workers had long term exposure.