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What Makes Tattoos Permanent? Instructional VideoWhat Makes Tattoos Permanent? Instructional Video
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7th - 11th
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What Makes Tattoos Permanent?

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How can tattoos be permanent if humans shed over one million skin cells per day? Here's a short, animated video that answers this essential question and provides everything you want to know about the history of tattooing, tattoos and MRIs, and tattoo removal. And it all happens in under five minutes.

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pigments

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macrophanges, body art, science

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  • Given the current popularity of tattoos and body art, knowledge of the process and the health implications make this a great informational video 

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