What Your Tattoo Is Actually Doing to Your Immune System

Tattoos are more than skin-deep. From immune activation to ink traveling into lymph nodes, here’s what science reveals about their long-term effects on your body.
Wellness Info
Wellness Info
Tattoo inflammation long term may involve ongoing immune activity as ink particles remain in the skin and lymph nodes for years after tattooing.

Tattoos are more than skin-deep. From immune activation to ink traveling into lymph nodes, here’s what science reveals about their long-term effects on your body.