First up, an article in the Times from yesterday discusses the increasingly popular phenomenon of permanent make-up tattoos. While it may seem convenient to be able to look great all the time with little effort, there are serious side effects and risks for this procedure. Yes, all tattoos have side effects and risks, but tattooing your face makes these tattoos seem a little more dangerous than most. Yet, permanent make-up tattoos are on the rise due to the fact that the world in which we live is constantly speeding up, and having your make-up already mostly done all the time is definitely a time saver. The question is, is it worth it?
In other skin care related news, Mental Floss reported on the impending invention of a new kind of printer. A printer that prints...skin. While the idea of printing skin completely grosses me out, I can see some advantages. The article mentions that soldiers wounded in war could find this technology quite handy, and I'm sure there are many other potential uses in the medical and non-medical world for this machine.
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