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The claim

Tattoos can increase the risk of skin cancer.

The facts

As more Americans tattoo their bodies, some have wondered whether there may be a hidden risk (other than the risk of regretting the tattoo a few years down the road).

Many inks are made with metals; blue, for example, contains cobalt and aluminum, and red may contain mercury sulfide. That, along with the fact that tattooing can be traumatizing to the skin, prompted suspicion that tattoos might lead to skin cancer.

Studies in recent years have documented a few cases of cancer at a tattoo site.

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Increasing numbers of people who have serious medical conditions, such as diabetes, are turning to tattooing to identify themselves on the chance a health emergency leaves them unable to communicate, says Saleh Aldasouqi, a diabetes expert from Cape Girardeau, Mo., who will present a report on the topic Friday in Houston at the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

“Like it or not, a lot of people are resorting to this way of medical identification,” Aldasouqi says. “It’s not that we (doctors) are promoting it. It’s more, ‘What should we do about it?’ It is happening.”
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