Tattoos make it difficult to survey for skin growths and changes in moles, hindering early detection of skin cancers. — Whalespan
Tattoos make it difficult to survey for skin growths and changes in moles, hindering early detection of skin cancers.
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“the real challenge is surveying for growths in patients who have a lot of tattoos it's hard to see small skin cancers form or changes and moles because usually the tattoos are of dark color so the surveillance part becomes a little bit more challenging”