They conducted a study on 2,367 randomly selected twins. Those who had tattoos had nearly four times the risk of skin cancer.
Great article to come across right after picking out ideas for my first tattoo…
Who cares dude? The future ain’t looking great anyways
Didn’t see a call out as to whether or not those with tattoos were less likely to use sunblock
Even with sunblock my tattoos get uncomfortably hot in the sun. So I just wear long sleeves year round. I also have the pale freckled skintype, which is the most susceptible to skin cancer
If anything I’d expect the opposite; many people with fresh tattoos are constantly applying sunscreen to keep it protected
This fear is pretty much why I don’t get one, even if I’d live to get one
‘Could living in this world raise your risk of death?’
