In 2000, he teamed up with fellow tattoo artist Guy Aitchison to help a firefighter cover up a large skin graft. I talked to Clue about the work, tattooing scar tissue, and the ways tattoo artists ...

Skin grafting involves surgically removing skin from one area of the body and transplanting it to another. A skin graft may be needed for many medical reasons, including loss of skin due to injury ...

“I have diabetes, and every operation is a gamble,” he said.Instead, he went through a skin graft to repair the right side of his face, which required nearly a year to fully heal.

Tattoo removal is a procedure to remove permanent tattoo ink from the skin. Learn about how tattoos are removed and what to expect after a procedure.

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Jessica Tappenden-Rowell, 23, had her tongue rebuilt with a skin graft from her tattooed forearm. ... The tattoo, which used to be on her arm, is now on her tongue. Kennedy News and Media.

When tattoo ink enters your skin, your body recognizes it as foreign, says dermatologist Dr. Lauren Moy. That causes the body to recruit immune cells to the area.

When the tattoo gun’s twin needles pierce your skin, it stings enough that the body instinctively seeks to stop the pain, whether by flinching or flooding your brain with endorphins.

Tattoo ink sits in the dermis layer, or second layer, of the skin permanently because ink molecules are “too big for the body to break down,” Goergen explained in a phone interview.