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[Tattoos. From ritual to ornament with their complications]
P Paquet1, G E Piérard, A F Nikkels
1Service de Dermatopathologie, Université de Liège.
Revue Medicale De Liege
|December 6, 2000
Abstract:
Tattoos are performed for distinct purposes which range from social rituals to aesthetic aims. They are permanent or transient according to the site of the pigments being located either in the dermis or in the stratum corneum, respectively. Tattoos may be responsible for allergic reactions, infections or psychological distress of the subject who requests to be relieved of it.