Colorful ink has been banned in tattoo studios since the beginning of the year. This is regulated by a new EU regulation. The tattoo artists see black! Now Germany’s best-known forensic pathologist Michael Tsokos (54) has spoken in the BZ. He says: “I think that’s absolutely unjustified!”
According to Tsokos, one in five Germans has a tattoo, and in the 20-29 age group it is even one in two. Is there a connection between certain color pigments and serious diseases such as cancer?
The professor: “In the literature I have not found a case in which a person who had a tattoo was demonstrably badly damaged in his health by the now banned tattoo colors.”
Black and white tattoos are still allowed. The black color has also been replaced, but is already available to the studios (Photo: “Signs and Wonders)
Tsokos points out: “I am a forensic doctor and always look at the result from the point of view of death.” There is always a risk that viral or bacterial pathogens could cause severe allergic skin reactions.
“But it has never been proven that a person has died as a result of a tattoo, e.g. B. suffering from cancer and fatal heavy metal poisoning as a result of chromium, nickel, copper and other heavy metals contained in the tattoo inks has never been proven,” says the professor.
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On his Instagram channel (310,000 followers) Michael Tsokos shows pictures of the autopsy of a tattooed man. You can see that the tattoo color is deposited in the lymph nodes.
“But there is no scientific evidence that such discolored knots degenerate malignantly, triggered by tattoo inks. I myself have not yet observed this during my work.”
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