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When you look at a person's tattoo, you're seeing the ink through the epidermis, or the outer layer of skin. The ink is actually in the dermis, which is the second layer of the skin. The cells of the dermis are far more stable than the cells of the epidermis, so the tattoo's ink will stay in place, with minor fading and dispersion, for a person's entire life.
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What layer of the skin is the pigment injected when permanent tattoos are made?
The pigment is injected into the dermis by way of the tattoo machine.
When you get a tattoo's would you expect the ink to be inject into the epithelial layer of your skin or the connective tissue layer.why?
tattoo ink would have to be injected into the connective tissue layer (specifically the matrix). If it were injected into the superficial epithelium then it would be lost as the skin cells die & fall off the body.
How do tattoo's stay on you?
A tattoo is series of ink-injections into the dermis, which is your middle layer of skin (the outer layer is the epidermis). It stays on because it is injected so deep- but it will fade in time and with exposure to the sun, or with laser tattoo removal.
Why do tattoos stay in skin if skin cells are replenished regularly?
The ink is injected deeper that the layers of skin which are shed.
Which part of the skin is injected with dye for tattoos?
The ink must penetrate the 3rd layer of the skin.Well, I heard it like this! There are three layers of skin, the epidermis, the dermis, and the subcutaneous,or the Fatty layer. The top two must be penetrated for the tattoo to stay...Whether the third layer is touched doesn't matter unless you flood it with two much ink which will cause staining on the surface of the skin in and around the tattoo. Hope this helps.....
What is the hyperdermis?
Its the 3rd layer of the skin: Epidermis - on the top, renews constantly Dermis - middle layer, doesnt really renew, this is what is damaged when you get scars, and what tattoo ink is injected into Hypodermis (not hyperdermis) - is the subcutenous layer of fat under both of these. There is no hyperdermis in the integumentary system.
How a permanent tattoo made?
Ink is injected into your skin. Many people get hepatytis 3 from tatoos.
Why is ink from tattoos injected into the dermis?
If you don't go that deep, the customer's skin will eventually shed the tattoo.
How many layers of Skin would have grown over a year old tattoo?
The same number as there was before the tattoo was done. The tattoo is in the sub dermal layer just under the top layer of skin, the sub dermal layer doesn't change the top lay sluffs off daily and is always regenerated.
How many layers of skin are there in the human body that are penetrated with a tattoo?
The needle of a tattoo gun injects ink about a millimeter down into the skin, which reaches the second layer, or the dermis.
How many layers of skin should a tattoo go?
It should go all the way to the dermis! Which is the second layer of skin.
Do you tattoo epidermis the second layer of skin?
The epidermis is not the second layer of skin; it's the first. Then comes the dermis and of course; your fat. The reason why tattoos are permanent is because they penetrate the first layer of skin and go into your dermis... where usually, since you don't shed skin cells or use any body products to wash it of, it stays.
