The tattoo craze has gone from bad to worse. And it's not just in America actually. Folks from Europe and Japan have also gone beyond regular tattoos and into 3D tattoos and even gone to extreme body modifications that are actually plastic surgeries performed mostly by "evolving" body artists otherwise known as tattoo artists.
Tattoos that look like flowers or snakes surrounding one's neck along with body piercing have become ways to attract attention or be in with others who do the same. Along with these often obnoxiously detracting and permanent images comes a potential long-term health reaction from the heavy metals used in tattoo inks that are pierced into the skin.
Ironically, opting to remove them via laser techniques may further the dangers of metal toxicity. The heavy metals in commonly used tattoo inks include mercury, arsenic and cadmium among others with their share of carcinogens and endocrine disrupters.
Some "body artists" claim that they have researched inks to use that are not as toxic, though they are likely the exception, not the rule.
The images of 3D tattoos and extreme body modifications can be very upsetting to anyone who is half-way sane. And Dr. Anthony Youn, a plastic surgeon from Detroit, displays a few of those photos on his CNN article "Body modification -- or mutilation?" Full story...
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Tattoos that look like flowers or snakes surrounding one's neck along with body piercing have become ways to attract attention or be in with others who do the same. Along with these often obnoxiously detracting and permanent images comes a potential long-term health reaction from the heavy metals used in tattoo inks that are pierced into the skin.
Ironically, opting to remove them via laser techniques may further the dangers of metal toxicity. The heavy metals in commonly used tattoo inks include mercury, arsenic and cadmium among others with their share of carcinogens and endocrine disrupters.
Some "body artists" claim that they have researched inks to use that are not as toxic, though they are likely the exception, not the rule.
The images of 3D tattoos and extreme body modifications can be very upsetting to anyone who is half-way sane. And Dr. Anthony Youn, a plastic surgeon from Detroit, displays a few of those photos on his CNN article "Body modification -- or mutilation?" Full story...
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