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They conducted a study on 2,367 randomly selected twins. Those who had tattoos had nearly four times the risk of skin cancer.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

If anything I'd expect the opposite; many people with fresh tattoos are constantly applying sunscreen to keep it protected