Metallic glass coating for improved needle tattooing performance in reducing trauma: analysis on porcine and pig skins

Abstract The dissemination of tattooing into mainstream culture has raised concerns pertaining to the medical implications of these practices. This paper reports on the coating of tattoo needles with metallic-glass (MG) to reduce trauma to the skin. Extensive experimentation using pork samples and l...

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Autores principales:	Jinn P. Chu, Wen-Che Liao, Pakman Yiu, Ming-Tang Chiou, Kuan-Hsuan Su
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2020
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3ca806a65d274bc68e62554eb5586af32021-12-02T11:41:56ZMetallic glass coating for improved needle tattooing performance in reducing trauma: analysis on porcine and pig skins10.1038/s41598-020-77341-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/3ca806a65d274bc68e62554eb5586af32020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77341-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The dissemination of tattooing into mainstream culture has raised concerns pertaining to the medical implications of these practices. This paper reports on the coating of tattoo needles with metallic-glass (MG) to reduce trauma to the skin. Extensive experimentation using pork samples and live pigs demonstrated the beneficial effects of non-stick MG coatings. Following 30 insertions into pork skin, significantly less tissue adhered to the MG-coated needles than to uncoated needles. MG-coated needles were also shown to reduce the spread of pigment to the surface of surrounding skin by up to 57%. This resulted in narrower tattoo lines of higher density, indicating that MG-coated needles could be useful in high-resolution tattooing. Histopathological analysis on live pigs revealed severe trauma induced by bare needles, as indicated by the secretion of fluids immediately after tattooing. The wounds formed by coated needles closed within 2 h after tattooing; however, those formed by bare needles remained open for at least 2 h and inflammation was still observed after 3 days. At 5 days after tattooing, skin punctured by the coated needle was entirely healed, whereas skin punctured by the bare needle was still covered with scabs. In addition to the medical benefits, it appears that MG-coated needles could improve the quality of tattoos, based on the fact that the amount of pigment retained in the skin is inversely proportional to the trauma caused by needles.Jinn P. ChuWen-Che LiaoPakman YiuMing-Tang ChiouKuan-Hsuan SuNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
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description	Abstract The dissemination of tattooing into mainstream culture has raised concerns pertaining to the medical implications of these practices. This paper reports on the coating of tattoo needles with metallic-glass (MG) to reduce trauma to the skin. Extensive experimentation using pork samples and live pigs demonstrated the beneficial effects of non-stick MG coatings. Following 30 insertions into pork skin, significantly less tissue adhered to the MG-coated needles than to uncoated needles. MG-coated needles were also shown to reduce the spread of pigment to the surface of surrounding skin by up to 57%. This resulted in narrower tattoo lines of higher density, indicating that MG-coated needles could be useful in high-resolution tattooing. Histopathological analysis on live pigs revealed severe trauma induced by bare needles, as indicated by the secretion of fluids immediately after tattooing. The wounds formed by coated needles closed within 2 h after tattooing; however, those formed by bare needles remained open for at least 2 h and inflammation was still observed after 3 days. At 5 days after tattooing, skin punctured by the coated needle was entirely healed, whereas skin punctured by the bare needle was still covered with scabs. In addition to the medical benefits, it appears that MG-coated needles could improve the quality of tattoos, based on the fact that the amount of pigment retained in the skin is inversely proportional to the trauma caused by needles.
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author	Jinn P. Chu Wen-Che Liao Pakman Yiu Ming-Tang Chiou Kuan-Hsuan Su
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title	Metallic glass coating for improved needle tattooing performance in reducing trauma: analysis on porcine and pig skins
title_short	Metallic glass coating for improved needle tattooing performance in reducing trauma: analysis on porcine and pig skins
title_full	Metallic glass coating for improved needle tattooing performance in reducing trauma: analysis on porcine and pig skins
title_fullStr	Metallic glass coating for improved needle tattooing performance in reducing trauma: analysis on porcine and pig skins
title_full_unstemmed	Metallic glass coating for improved needle tattooing performance in reducing trauma: analysis on porcine and pig skins
title_sort	metallic glass coating for improved needle tattooing performance in reducing trauma: analysis on porcine and pig skins
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/3ca806a65d274bc68e62554eb5586af3
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Metallic glass coating for improved needle tattooing performance in reducing trauma: analysis on porcine and pig skins

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