Tattoos: do they look worse as you age?

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AsapSCIENCE

Science, Biology, Comedy, Youtuber, Life Sciences

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Tattooing is on the rise, but new research says people are regretting them more and more. Today we explain the science behind how tattoos work, the history of tattooing on humans (and why we've done it for thousands of years) and how tattoo regret might be on the rise.

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0:49.6	Controversial subjects with the facts can be tense,
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0:56.6	Today, we're talking about tattoos,
0:59.6	the history of them,
1:00.6	whether they get worse as you age,
1:02.6	and whether they actually impact your health.
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