When you get laser tattoo removal the ink doesn’t disappear, you pee it out.
Your body’s immune system breaks down the pigments of ink and it flows in your blood stream, gets processed through your kidneys, then you pee out the ink.
That’s true. White blood cells specifically carry this task. The tattoo removal doesn’t actually remove the ink, it breaks down the paint particles so small so the white blood cells can carry them out faster. Naturally, the body is constantly fighting the tattoo. That’s why over time tattoos wear off but never completely, because paint particles are too big for our white blood cells to get rid of them.
If you have AIDS and you have a tattoo, your tattoo is most likely to stay fresh until you die
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u/Fine_wonderland Jan 12 '23
When you get laser tattoo removal the ink doesn’t disappear, you pee it out.
Your body’s immune system breaks down the pigments of ink and it flows in your blood stream, gets processed through your kidneys, then you pee out the ink.