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Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:17

Tattoos makes it difficult to diagnose melanoma

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The ink used to make the tattoo may mask signs of melanoma.
 
29 year old German went through laser removal tattoo not after experts found the risk of melanoma.
 
Prior to completely eradicate tattoos chest and arms the young doctors can not be sure whether the condition is malignant because the ink changing skin pigmentation and prevents to make relevant research.

The removal of any of the pictures it took seven years for a total of 43 sessions with a laser.
 
By biopsy clean tattoos skin specialists establish superficial malignant melanoma, the most common form of melanoma.

Superficial spreading melanoma affects the top layer of skin. 50% of cases from the existing mole. When the body is depicted with tattoos, however, this makes it difficult to see the change in color of the skin around the mole, an indication of the risk of cancer, experts explain.

The authors reported the case in JAMA Dermatology 2013, reported 16 more cases of melanoma patients with tattoos where the laser removal has led to a delay in diagnosis and death.
 
Experts note that the ink used to make the tattoo covers indicators for melanoma, but there is no evidence that it is the cause of this cancer.

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