Tattoos You Can Turn on and Off

Re:Tattoos You Can Turn on and Off by sleepyguy on Sunday October 11, 2026 @10:23PM (#50050568)

Your auto-immune system does not like ink.

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Re:Tattoos You Can Turn on and Off by yahthatsart on Sunday October 11, 2026 @11:09PM (#50050923)

You don't have an "auto-immune system". Auto-immune means your immune system is attacking your own healthy cells.

Tattoos are fine. There's some evidence that maybe, maybe, immune system responses can be impacted by tattoos. But changes in immune system response does not necessarily mean impaired or negative.

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Re:Tattoos You Can Turn on and Off by pazimzadeh on Monday October 12, 2026 @01:37AM (#50051775)

kinda, but the system is not perfect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmune_regulator

oversimplifying but in every person there are tradeoffs about attacking things inside yourself (viruses, cancer, etc) and outside things (parasites, bacteria, etc) and your genetics influences this. See the old Th1/Th2 balance

anyway it was probably a typo on his part, he's such a sleepy guy..

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Re:Tattoos You Can Turn on and Off by self_awareness on Monday October 12, 2026 @02:46AM (#50052242)

Thank you doctor Gray.

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Re:Tattoos You Can Turn on and Off by pestatije on Monday October 12, 2026 @04:51AM (#50053382)

how about allergies?...ive seen recent tatooees and that shit aint good man

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Re:Tattoos You Can Turn on and Off by causesothere on Monday October 12, 2026 @10:51AM (#50057262)

Some people have allergies to some inks. You definitely want to check with your artist and check what inks they use before getting a piece. There's still an outside shot that you'll end up with an allergy, which can be made worse with sun exposure.

It's a risk. A very small one. You gotta figure out your tolerance for risk.

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