Tattoos FYI

This is something you will want to discuss with your young family member(s) coming of age. I know it will hurt the feelings of many of our “know it all” family and adult generation. I DO NOT CARE. I am not going to focus on the obvious risk of infection, dermatological ailment or known health issues like tetanus, hepatitis B and C. It seems these common known risk are not enough since 1 in 3 adults have at least one tattoo.

World Health Organization on tattoos: "a study from the World Health Organization found that black ink was most often linked to potential adverse health effects like cancer or DNA damage."... “... the evidence which we’ve accumulated so far, is largely restricted to the fact that they [nanoparticles] get into your bloodstream and reach organs throughout your body. And as far as the brain is concerned, we have actual evidence of entry into the brain and producing toxic effects — lesions, small lesions, toxic effects in the brain.”

First you should know the neither the FDA nor any other regulatory body regulates or approves any tattoo pigments for injection into the skin.

Organic pigments including pthalocyanines and azo compounds have been found in lymph samples. This is hard proof that ink from tattoos is traveling through out the bodies of those with tattoos. Studies have proven ink nanoparticles eventually will accumulate in both the spleen and kidneys. Both are fragile organs, sensitive to injury and crucial for cleansing the body of impurities.

Phthalates and benzo(a)pyrene are only two of the most harmful chemicals found. Both have been linked to cancer and endocrine disruption.

The pigments use in tattoo inks are used in textile, plastics and car paint. These industries protect workers from exposure to carcinogenic compounds like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Yet there will be no alert given to your child or grandchild before these are injected into their bodies.

The same process is use by industries is used to make these inks injectable. Most often the pigments made up of metal salts and plastics are dissolved in solvent liquid carriers. These solvents alone are under strict OSHA regulation but not so when used by the tattoo industry. These solvents make it possible for such chemicals to move through the needles and into the skin.

What is more troubling is the combination of ink manufacture, injection process, and human body metabolism results in nanoparticle sizes (nanometer = 1 billionth of a meter) within the body. Black pigments contain the smallest particles, white the largest and colors in between. “Nanoparticles are ultramicroscopic in size, making them able to readily penetrate your skin and travel to underlying blood vessels and your bloodstream. Evidence suggests that some nanoparticles may induce toxic effects in your brain and cause damage, and some are carcinogenic.” They circulate to every organ. It is beyond proof, at this time, what these small amounts do to thinking or other brain triggered responses. It likely will be decades before there is an answer.

Tattoo ink stays part of the skin for a lifetime absorbing UV radiation and generating singlet oxygen damaging skin integrity.

The soot products such as carbon black and other PAHs found in the black ink are known to cause skin, lung, bladder, liver and stomach cancers using animal models.
Tattoo pigments in (black, red, yellow, blue, green, and white) have been proven to form reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS exposed to UV rays, radiation, and toxins severely damage the inside of cell structure.

The above is my summary of my research. I did use the Internet to point me to the following organizations. There is no single source for the above information but all come from the following organizations:
World Health Organization
PubMed Journal
British Journal of Dermatology
Univ. of Bradford research
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Mayo Clinic

I know many of you already have tattoos. Maybe you will be lucky. Maybe you will never know how your tattoo is affecting you. Tattoos have been around longer than I can remember but so has many other bad health habits. We encourage our children and grandchildren not to make the mistakes we made. I believe tattoos not only to be a mistake but a long-term health risk that can be avoided. In fact it take a proactive act to get a tattoo. Tell your young ones not to do it and tell they why.

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Tattoos FYI