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Tattoo Ink Spreads Into Your Immune System

Tattoo ink doesn't actually make it into your bloodstream in the overwhelming majority of cases, but it does spread. The artwork looks fuzzier with time and it spreads because of your immune system cells. So that's why a really fine bit of artwork in your twenties looks kind of fuzzy in your 40s and 50s. We've got Phoebe from Black Zuntier now to answer your question about tattoos.

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