They found that some contained heavy metals, such as lead, while others had carcinogenic compounds. The group traced one such compound to Sun Chemical in Cincinnati. Still, the primary health risk associated with getting a tattoo comes not from the composition of the ink but from infection. Improperly sterilized equipment can transmit hepatitis, HIV, or bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus.
Allergic reactions to the ink can occur but are rare, according to the FDA. The machine punctures the skin hundreds of times per minute with a solid needle, creating a series of holes in the skin at a depth of about a millimeter. Ink from a reservoir flows down the needle and fills up the holes. The depth of the delivery of those pigments is critical, Schmeig adds. When the ink is deposited, immune cells called macrophages ingest the pigment particles and hold them permanently in the dermis.
Each pigment particle is encased by a single macrophage, which protects it from degradation by enzymes and from ultraviolet radiation that can cause the tattoo to fade. For the tattoo to form properly and endure, the pigment particles have to be the right size.
They must be small enough for macrophages to envelop but not so small that they get digested and cleared away by the cells. The scientists involved in Freedom-2 have found that the optimal size is around 1 micrometer, Schmeig says. The macrophages wall off the pigment particles in an attempt to neutralize any threat they might pose. The cells sit there, permanently holding the pigment in the skin. The immune system then clears away and disposes of the particles as it would bacteria or viruses.
Removing a tattoo usually requires multiple treatments, since each pass with the laser might destroy only a portion of the pigments, and the skin needs time to heal before the next round. Also, lasers of several different wavelengths might be needed—one for each color in the tattoo. But as the breast heals, the nipple can shift position, and the patient ends up unhappy about the result. That way, the tattoo could be removed and redone, if necessary. Tattoos have other medical applications, too.
Cancer patients receiving radiation therapy often have targets tattooed on and would like to get that reminder of their illness removed after their treatments end. Klitzman and Koger filed a patent on their concept—the first ever for a tattoo ink. It was a broad patent describing an ink that would consist of a pigment encapsulated in a polymer. Exposing the microcapsule to energy of some sort—the patent listed a range of possibilities—would release the ink.
Around that time, another group, headed by dermatologist R. Anderson, who also directs the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, had treated many patients who wanted their tattoos removed and had been working on making nontoxic pigments. But these pigments faded quickly, so he came up with the idea of enclosing them in a polymer to make them last longer. The judge encouraged the two parties to negotiate, and a venture capitalist named Craig Drill put up the funds for the groups to form a single company, Freedom Freedom-2 inks consist of nanosize pigment particles encased in polymer beads 1 micrometer in diameter—the ideal size for macrophages to ingest and hold in the dermis.
The researchers chose pigments and polymers that the FDA generally recognizes as safe, such as food colorings and materials used in medical implants. The polymer beads also contain a dopant that absorbs light of a particular wavelength. The released pigment particles are of a size that the body can clear away. You can bring your own design and ideas or choose from the thousands of designs we have available.
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