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Should someone with vitiligo get a tattoo? The answer is not straightforward, and requires some discussion about the purpose of the tattoo, the stability of vitiligo, and the expectations of the patient. Some people want to tattoo a vitiligo spot with their skin color, so that it covers the spot and their skin looks even. Others want to tattoo a picture or phrase over their spots to serve as a distraction, and others just want to get a tattoo on a part of the body that doesn’t have spots, but they heard that it might make their vitiligo worse. I will address all of these options here, as well as their pros and cons. First of all, for a number of reasons it is usually a bad idea to try to tattoo the color of your skin over a vitiligo spot to hide it. It is very difficult to match the color of your skin with tattoo ink, partly because the skin color changes with the seasons, sun exposure, and age. But also, the color of ink tattooed deep into the skin is altered significantly when light travels from the ink, through layers of the skin, to your eye (the Tyndall effect). So whatever color you select for the tattoo, it will look a lot different once it’s placed into the deep skin (the dermis) through a tattooing needle. Another problem is that the vitiligo spot may get larger with time, and so even if the color match were perfect, the spot may grow, creating a ring of white skin around the tattoo, which won’t do much to help hide the vitiligo (see above, image used with permission). Vitiligo tattoosAlternatively, I have seen many patients with tattoos over their vitiligo spots that are interesting pictures or phrases that become a distraction from the white spots, and these often work well. For example, one patient had the phrase “You are beautiful” tattooed over her vitiligo. Another person tattooed PRIDE on her back, with a purple ribbon representing vitiligo awareness as the “I” (see right, images used with permission). This approach does not depend on matching the skin color or shape of the spots, so it can work well. However any trauma or damage to the skin, including puncturing the skin with a tattoo needle, can worsen vitiligo at the site, or create a new vitiligo spot. This process is called koebnerization, which is common to see on the knees of children with vitiligo, for example, because they often fall, scrape their knees, and vitiligo appears. Another patient I saw with this was an avid mountain biker, who frequently banged up his legs, and had many vitiligo spots up and down his shins. This may or may not happen if you have vitiligo and get a tattoo, but it is more likely to happen if your disease is actively spreading, such that you are getting new spots or your old ones are getting larger. It is a particular risk if you tend to get vitiligo spots where your skin is damaged, from a burn or a cut, for example. Vitiligo outlined in penSo in summary, if you have vitiligo and you’re thinking about getting a tattoo, consider a few things first. It is rarely a good idea to try to tattoo a vitiligo spot the same color as your skin, because the color will not http://www.snowbooks.com.ng/2016/12/talk-should-someone-with-vitiligo-get.html |
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[see Hilarious photo of what the girl did to the man] Does a man deserve this just because he cheated....... if nah me i no go gree ooooooooo ![]() Do you he deserves what he got, and what about her mum, what do you think should be meted on her? http://www.snowbooks.com.ng/2016/12/omg-see-what-lady-did-to-her-boyfriend.html |
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tonaydo:bia wahala.... End time. |
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Proud Nigerian love-vendor and soft porn star King Tblak took to his Instagram page to to address religion and also say there is no God. Pictured above is King Tblak holding a Bible with two of his girls kneeling down half naked. Read the things he posted after the cut........... The photos of nasty things he said about GOD, CHURCH AND MECCA is too much cant post all here, its available @ www.snowbooks.com.ng/2016/10/nigeria-phorn-star-king-tblak-rants-on.html |
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Hi Blogger/webmaster please take you time to read this post to the end *dont skip* This week i made a post on facebook about helping my fellow bloggers and web/wap masters, forum owners etc *sofar you have a site* about helping eachother grow, helping eachother to levitate the stress, helping each other to reach its peack. in the post i talked about adding every site owners to a foreign group on facebook which have helped and contribute positively to the growth of SnowBooks ranging from foreign/ international traffic, comments from foreigners, social media growth e.g twitter followers, facebook page growth and comment etc. i decide to make other webmasters/bloggers enjoy and also be a part of. i said in my facebook post that i have message the site admin, and below is the reply i got from her. Veethee Dixit Hello Henry! You can add as many members as you want to this group. The more, the better. But note that any member who did not "RE..........Continue reading and also join the group via @ www.snowbooks.com.ng/2016/10/your-dream-is-finally-comming-true.html |
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