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FlexasState t1_iwquxb3 wrote

If we want to avoid more carcinogenic prone ink, how should we ask our tatto artists? “Hey do you have X type ink? I heard ink with Y ingredients can be harmful later?”

Also do you have a tattoo? Why or why not?

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intengineering OP t1_iwqvujz wrote

Unfortunately, because we don't understand the potential carcinogenicity of the pigments it's a hard question to answer. One thing that I don't think most folks understand is that pretty much all tattoo inks use a common set of pigments. The difference between "good" and "poor" inks appears to be in the processing and additives. -JRS

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shitlord_god t1_iws8pjs wrote

"good" and "poor" for market segment, or for performance in this testing?

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irishnewf86 t1_iwtjogl wrote

if you want to avoid carcinogenic ink, try avoiding getting it injected into you. Can't imagine how anyone would think ink would be benign after being injected into living tissue.

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D4bbled_In_P4cifism t1_iwtl4ls wrote

Really? You gotta be that guy?

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irishnewf86 t1_iwxssw8 wrote

the tattoo community is really touchy, lol

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irishnewf86 t1_iwzozd3 wrote

thanks for validating my comment :)

You were so triggered by a harmless comment that you had to make up a comment about my alleged "divisive" comment history!

The only posts of mine that have been massively downvoted are the ones where I point out that injecting a carcinogen into a living organ for narcissistic aesthetic purposes is a stupid thing to do.

But hey, if injecting printer ink into living cells is your thing, fill your boots, moron.

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[deleted] t1_ix0adta wrote

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irishnewf86 t1_ix1kcv2 wrote

shouldn't you be off getting printer ink injected into a living organ somewhere?

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irishnewf86 t1_ix1kn25 wrote

better to follow r/hypertension than r/childtouchers

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