Can a tattoo cause an allergic reaction?

As fathers and as physicians, we have noted the fad of tattooing with skeptical eyes. If your children have allergies, you have a new argument against it -- if you are given a say in the matter. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine documented cases of intense itching of a tattooed area that doesn't respond to topical and intralesional steroids or laser therapy, and necessitates skin excision and grafts.

It observed that "hypersensitivity to red pigments is most common, especially those containing mercuric sulfide (cinnabar).

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