Can you link us to some published information on this amazing breakthrough?
Well the skin of the feet grows a thick layer, as a teenager and later,. so the tattoo was being buried.
The gaps in the tattoo occur in adults (eg on the belly of pregnant women), because adults skin is not going to grow like a babies… the adult skin often gets scarred, less healthy areas… (stretch mark)…where the stretching actually occurred unevenly. IF you are getting stretch marks, increase your vitamin intake (esp Vitamin C for collagen.)
But that is not to say that the tattoo will keep its shape like it did on the foot, the growth can occur at different rates (amounts) in different directions and at different places, so the tattoo will become distorted ,even without stretch marks occurring… and the baby is going to do a LOT of growing.
Don’t tattoo babies… (about time we chipped them…)
Resisting the urge to post Archer quotes here.
Don’t resist!
That’s why I’ve always favored solutions like “Invisible Fence.” It’s a little problematic when the kids get old enough to object to the shock collar, but if it’s well fastened their displeasure isn’t a practical problem.
What?
What amazing breakthru are you referring to - God’s creation? Infants have been long known sometimes regenerate limbs:
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A fingertip isn’t even close to a “limb” There’s a good chance that losing a fingertip won’t even touch the bone within.
Actually the bone does regrow.
Your link doesn’t say that.
And in any case, show me any definition of “limb” where the limb could be as small as a fingertip.
I know this example was a small dot, but in general, what would be the ethics of tattooing a minor?
To tell them apart from each other, and this was back in mid-60’s, IIRC , from their age relative to mine. I’ve seen it done as recently as far back as 7-8 year ago at a Childen’s Hospital @ parent’s request, fwiw. Just a tiny dot, fwiw. Not reall noticeable unless you are told to look for it.
Afterall, they still do circumcisions on males at parental request, and THAT is a lot more 'intrusive, 'eh?! But that is another debate in and of itself, for sure.
Can’t pass this one up… How it grows it depends on if the metaphyseal area is damaged. That’s the area where the bone ‘expands’ and lengthens. Yes , bone damage does callous up, for sure (call it regrow for simplicity if you like). If it (metaphysis) ain’t straight/undamaged it will be crooked/bent from straight/normality for life. Here’s a decent write up on it (scroll down to “distal phanageal fractures”), if anyone cares to check.
I’ve x-rayed numerous babies/pre-adolescents that needed K-wires (pre and post-op) placed to ensure straight fingers later in life, fwiw, while working at a major regional Children’s Hospital, fwiw. Plenty of experience with this…
I never really thought about this until this very moment, but I have tattoos that are almost forty years old. I have one tattoo that actually is forty years old.
It looks surprisingly good, considering that I never took any care of it, that part of my arm has been sunburned many times, and it was tattooed by, well, let’s say that standards were lower back then than they are now.