Could a Tattoo Raise Your Risk of Skin Cancer? Twin Studies Suggest a Link.
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A twin study suggests the consequences of getting a tattoo could be worse than potential regret, finding tattooed twins more likely to develop skin cancer or lymphoma than their tattoo-free siblings.

They conducted a study on 2,367 randomly selected twins. Those who had tattoos had nearly four times the risk of skin cancer.

  • verdigris@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    If anything I’d expect the opposite; many people with fresh tattoos are constantly applying sunscreen to keep it protected