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[anonymous]

Heating up tatoos :

Well its rare, but not a legend, see for example:

<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/178/6/1349/#SEC12
">http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/178/6/1349/#SEC12
</a>or
<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:M_YPpYpIthkJ:ucdirc.ucdavis.edu/start/manual/10_Pre-MRI_screening_questionaire_Purpose_and_Rationale_020803.pdf+nmr+heating+tatoo&hl=de
">http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:M_YPpYpIthkJ:ucdirc.ucdavis.edu/start/manual/10_Pre-MRI_screening_questionaire_Purpose_and_Rationale_020803.pdf+nmr+heating+tatoo&hl=de
</a>

Uli,43,Germany

 

[thelizardqueen]

Like I've said hardly any reputable artists use iron/mercury in ink anymore. Yes, if your ink has mercury in it - then it will heat up, but with all the new ink that is out it doesn't occur anymore - red being the only ink that may have traces of mercury in it. Urban legend was a bad word to use in this instant, but I still stand by the epidural legend.