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What is actually happening when you get a tattoo?
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Tattooing: It involves placing pigment into the dermis layer of the skin, where granulation tissue forms due to activation of immune system in skin, which then converts to connective tissue by collagen growth, hence the tattoo stays visible.
Answered 6/16/2013
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