Rare tattoo disease: New study alarms doctors

A new study from Australia shows that tattoos can cause serious eye damage years later. Researchers document 40 new cases of a rare disease — and warn of further health risks that many underestimate.

Tattoo-associated uveitis is a potentially vision-threatening disease that is presumably triggered by an immune response to tattoo ink. Credit: TheOceanCleanup

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