The condition, known as tattoo-associated uveitis, can lead to permanent vision loss, glaucoma, and patients requiring immunosuppressants for the rest of their life.
While tattoo-associated uveitis was thought to be extremely rare, research published in the journal Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology has documented 40 new cases of the condition in Australia — doubling the number of published cases detected around the world since 2010.
The research, undertaken by a team of Australians, suggests this complication, while still rare given the number of people who get tattoos, may be more common than we thought.
This and the recent studies about tattoo ink traveling to and affecting lymph nodes has cancelled my plans to get a tattoo. Not to mention I have eczema which I can imagine will have my skin not react kindly to a foreign substance.