Kluegl, Ines and Hiller, Karl-Anton and Landthaler, Michael and Baeumler, Wolfgang (2010) Incidence of Health Problems Associated with Tattooed Skin: A Nation-Wide Survey in German-Speaking Countries. DERMATOLOGY, 221 (1). pp. 43-50. ISSN 1018-8665, 1421-9832
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Background: Millions of people are tattooed. However, the frequency of health problems is unknown. Methods: We performed an Internet survey in German-speaking countries. Results: The provenance of tattooed participants (n = 3,411) was evenly distributed in Germany. The participants had many (28%; >4) and large tattoos (36%; >= 900 cm(2)). After tattooing, the people described skin problems (67.5%) or systemic reactions (6.6%). Four weeks after tattooing, 9% still had health problems. Six percent reported persistent health problems due to the tattoo, of which females (7.3%) were more frequently concerned than males (4.2%). Colored tattoos provoked more short-term skin (p = 0.003) or systemic (p = 0.0001) reactions than black tattoos. Also the size of tattoos and the age at the time of tattooing play a significant role in many health problems. Conclusions: Our results show that millions of people in the Western world supposedly have transient or persisting health problems after tattooing. Owing to the large number and size of the tattoos, tattooists inject several grams of tattoo colorants into the skin, which partly spread in the human body and stay for a lifetime. The latter might cause additional health problems in the long term. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MALIGNANT-MELANOMA; CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED-STATES; 532 NM; INFECTION; PIGMENTS; LASER; PREVALENCE; RISK; Tattoos; Survey; Health problems |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Dermatologie und Venerologie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Zahnerhaltung und Parodontologie > Dr. rer. nat. Karl-Anton Hiller |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2020 06:21 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2020 06:21 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/25426 |
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