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Hi Everybody. I'm Dr. David Reath and I'm
here to discuss this week's Truth-O-Meter Tuesday question. Well we got this week's question from an article
that was recently published in a dermatology journal
So without giving it away let's review what the question was
What we said was that the pigment that is put into the skin with tattoo is protective. That is, that you can't get skin cancer underneath it.
And the answer is obviously FALSE. you can get skin cancer underneath tattoos.
The tattoo does nothing to protect the skin. In fact, as was the case in this article
it can hide something that's underneath. You never want to tatto over skin where there is already a skin lesion
or where is a mole becuase it will be much more difficult to detect changes in the skin underneath
and in fact what happened was there was someone who had a large quantity of tattoo and was having some procedures to reduce the appearance of these tattoos
and there was a melanoma there. And it was very difficult to detect.
because of the tattoo. And the fact is that tattoos do nothing to protect the skin.
I'm not a big fan of tattoos. This perhaps is a reason to have a lot of caution
if you're considering getting a tattoo where there is anything abnormal about the skin
and we would certainly advise against that. But let's find out who this week's winner is.
Amy Crawford. Amy congratulations. You're this week's winner.
We have a $100 gift card for you. Please come into the office and pick that up.
and for everyone else, thanks for playing. We'll have another question next week,