Tattoos in medicine

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How fast a tattoo fades varies significantly depending on location and color. Blues and yellows fade quicker than blacks and browns. White fades fastest of all. A tattoo on your arm or back will stay fresh looking for quite a while. Hands and feet fade faster. Lots of tattoo parlors offer free touch ups, and getting something touched up really isn't that big of a deal.

 

[fancymylotus]

picture time!

I was kidding!!! 😛

 

[Kaustikos]

I meant it's today...so it's picture time. Where's our pic?

Where's yore pic, woman?

But cereal: tattoos are good mkay?

 

[Kaustikos]

How fast a tattoo fades varies significantly depending on location and color. Blues and yellows fade quicker than blacks and browns. White fades fastest of all. A tattoo on your arm or back will stay fresh looking for quite a while. Hands and feet fade faster. Lots of tattoo parlors offer free touch ups, and getting something touched up really isn't that big of a deal.

It's like a full service oil change... "oil changes are three fiddy but top offs are free! "

But do what you want. I mean, it's not like tattoos are unprofessional

 

[Anastomoses]

Where's yore pic, woman?

But cereal: tattoos are good mkay?

tell @fancymylotus not to bring her man into this lol

 

[fancymylotus]

tell @fancymylotus not to bring her man into this lol

It's pretty dark where I am rn. I took a pix but you can barely see me ><

 

[DocVapor]

It's pretty dark where I am rn. I took a pix but you can barely see me ><

Aren't you a dentist? Shouldn't your smile be enough to lighten things up? My dentist has teeth so bright I think he injected little bits of the sun into his pulp.

 

[styphon]

How fast a tattoo fades varies significantly depending on location and color. Blues and yellows fade quicker than blacks and browns. White fades fastest of all. A tattoo on your arm or back will stay fresh looking for quite a while. Hands and feet fade faster. Lots of tattoo parlors offer free touch ups, and getting something touched up really isn't that big of a deal.

Whites are almost pointless in tattoos, they fade so fast. I had white on my arm as shading, and it did not make it 12 months before it faded. Although if you want it to fade....

 

[NontradCA]

Aren't you a dentist? Shouldn't your smile be enough to lighten things up? My dentist has teeth so bright I think he injected little bits of the sun into his pulp.

 

[NontradCA]

Oh Patrice O'Neal, that reminds me and relevant to the 'merica part of the thread.

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/8l4d59/stand-up-patrice-oneal--being-american

 

[DJNYY]

Whites are almost pointless in tattoos, they fade so fast. I had white on my arm as shading, and it did not make it 12 months before it faded. Although if you want it to fade....

So to get grey ink, I'm assuming they mix white and black. Does grey fade pretty quickly as well? I was looking at some black and grey designs which were quite interesting. I really like designs with shading but yea, didn't think too much about the pace of fading...

 

[Arkangeloid]

Stop calling us fish, you piranhacondas.

Freddie Prinz Jr. once said he doesn't work out at all...hates it. There are some guys who work out minimally and look like the guy in the picture.

Right, but there are also people who study 5 hrs/day and are AOA. What works for the 1% doesn't always work for the rest of us.

 

[Ost3oclast]

So to get grey ink, I'm assuming they mix white and black.

No they dont mix black and white together. They just have grey ink. It comes in its own bottle like all the other colors. Some artists "wash" their black ink to give a grayish appearance. They just dip their shading needle in black ink then in water to dilute it. It just depends on what you are going for. As for the fading, white is bad, obviously. I had some white on one of my rib pieces and its been 3 years and I've had it touched up twice. I have some light blue that has been complicated as well.

Most light colors are a pain. Literally. You have to do a lot of runs with the needle over the same area multiple times just for it to start to show up. Maintenance is another beast in and of itself.

 

[fancymylotus]

What

 

[DJNYY]

Right, but there are also people who study 5 hrs/day and are AOA. What works for the 1% doesn't always work for the rest of us.

I honestly don't even understand the point of AOA or what it means other than the fact you scored higher than your classmates. I mean, the guy who led the clinical trial to figure out the cure to my type of cancer wasn't AOA. Neither are either of the two surgeons who are the world authorities on surgical management of this type of cancer. I mean actual objective measures of clinical competence >>>>> AOA. I literally know almost nothing about AOA so I could be completely wrong, but it seems like a self serving way for the high performers in med school to differentiate themselves from their colleagues. It's almost like an indirect "I'm better than you" club when you haven't even accomplished anything meaningful yet (and no, step and shelf scores didn't cure anyones disease - that does not count as a contribution towards medicine lol). In what way does the existence of AOA serve the greater good? Can't they just say they graduated "honors" and leave it at that? I don't get why your med school performance is used for inclusion into a lifelong club lol

 

[maxxor]

I honestly don't even understand the point of AOA or what it means other than the fact you scored higher than your classmates. I mean, the guy who led the clinical trial to figure out the cure to my type of cancer wasn't AOA. Neither are either of the two surgeons who are the world authorities on surgical management of this type of cancer. I mean actual objective measures of clinical competence >>>>> AOA. I literally know almost nothing about AOA so I could be completely wrong, but it seems like a self serving way for the high performers in med school to differentiate themselves from their colleagues. It's almost like an indirect "I'm better than you" club when you haven't even accomplished anything meaningful yet (and no, step and shelf scores didn't cure anyones disease - that does not count as a contribution towards medicine lol). In what way does the existence of AOA serve the greater good? Can't they just say they graduated "honors" and leave it at that? I don't get why your med school performance is used for inclusion into a lifelong club lol

Then be sure to select a med school that does not have a chapter of AOA.

 

[DJNYY]

Then be sure to select a med school that does not have a chapter of AOA.

I'm in one that has it. I just don't get the purpose of it.

 

[maxxor]

Did you have phi beta kappa in undergrad? Same deal.

I wish AOA would establish national guidelines for induction. The variety of curricula across med schools makes it hard to say who the top students actually are.

 

[DJNYY]

Did you have phi beta kappa in undergrad? Same deal.

I wish AOA would establish national guidelines for induction. The variety of curricula across med schools makes it hard to say who the top students actually are.

I was an engineering major and we had something called Tau Beta Pi which I was in. But like it was silly because the only requirement was some GPA or percentile rank. I mean, graduating with latin honors conveys the exact same information with much less pageantry. My school really overdoes the fluff. We have a ceremony before rotations that marks the transition to seeing patients. You have to dress up and stuff. Completely unnecessary.

I subscribe to the philosophy of "less show, more go."

 

[maxxor]

I was an engineering major and we had something called Tau Beta Pi which I was in. But like it was silly because the only requirement was some GPA or percentile rank. I mean, graduating with latin honors conveys the exact same information with much less pageantry. My school really overdoes the fluff. We have a ceremony before rotations that marks the transition to seeing patients. You have to dress up and stuff. Completely unnecessary.

I subscribe to the philosophy of "less show, more go."

Don't Latin honors have the same vague meaning as well? Some schools give them based on GPA, others require a thesis...

 

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I was an engineering major and we had something called Tau Beta Pi which I was in. But like it was silly because the only requirement was some GPA or percentile rank. I mean, graduating with latin honors conveys the exact same information with much less pageantry. My school really overdoes the fluff. We have a ceremony before rotations that marks the transition to seeing patients. You have to dress up and stuff. Completely unnecessary.

I subscribe to the philosophy of "less show, more go."

Random Q.

Did you/do you wear the pinkie ring?

 

[DJNYY]

Random Q.

Did you/do you wear the pinkie ring?

Nope

 

[Kahreek]

Stop calling us fish, you piranhacondas.

Freddie Prinz Jr. once said he doesn't work out at all...hates it. There are some guys who work out minimally and look like the guy in the picture.

1. Don't overeat.
2. Play a sport.
3. Have a good face or see your local plastic surgeon.
4. All will be yours.

Unless you're the type that has problem putting on weight...that...is another problem entirely.

1- minimal work out is work out
2- playing a sport can get you buffed, can be considered workout, if the right intensity and frequency is applied.
3- diet restriction does wonders for body definition
5- stupid man will jump into the river hug the water and find nothing in his hands, wise man will timely carve a fishing rod and will never show the lure until the catch.

 

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Nope

Just curious. Mr. Tp does, but I've noticed not all engineers wear them.

 

[evilbooyaa]

I know it's Friday, but I clearly missed everything in this thread over the last weekend. Solid read. Just bumping it to the top so there can be more off-topic discussions about (what a surprise) Ark and Anasto/Mylotus.

I think I should be jealous of you three, but my general sense of disdain (mainly on how many posts this got over a weekend, especially a friday/saturday night) is overpowering that feeling.

 

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Sooo did everyone decide to be cool this evening and not be online?


😢

 

[fancymylotus]

Hay

 

[Desk_Jockey]

You do realize that homosexuality is a grave sin according to Islam. There might people who practice sodomy in that region but they form a very tiny tiny part of the population.

Learning about the complexity of the human body, I marvel at the beauty and intricacy with which all of its systems work--- It's hard for me to believe that anything in the body is just some sort of cosmic accident. So then, if a god hates sodomy, then why were the vagina and esophagus lined with same epithelium?

 

[Desk_Jockey]

I know it's Friday, but I clearly missed everything in this thread over the last weekend. Solid read. Just bumping it to the top so there can be more off-topic discussions about (what a surprise) Ark and Anasto/Mylotus.

I think I should be jealous of you three, but my general sense of disdain (mainly on how many posts this got over a weekend, especially a friday/saturday night) is overpowering that feeling.

The Allo section of SDN is a resource for medical students and should be treated as such. Serious discussions only, please. 😉

 

[Psai]

Learning about the complexity of the human body, I marvel at the beauty and intricacy with which all of its systems work--- It's hard for me to believe that anything in the body is just some sort of cosmic accident. So then, if a god hates sodomy, then why were the vagina and esophagus lined with same epithelium?

...esophagus?

 

[Anastomoses]

Just curious. Mr. Tp does, but I've noticed not all engineers wear them.

I just wanted to add that every time you say Mr Tp, I always think of toilet paper first.

 

[fancymylotus]

I just wanted to add that every time you say Mr Tp, I always think of toilet paper first.

That's what I always thought of

 

[Desk_Jockey]

...esophagus?

Yep, the esophagus. Sodomy can be either anal or oral sex.... I'm not really sure what your confusion is, though.

 

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Yep, the esophagus. Sodomy can be either anal or oral sex.... I'm not really sure what your confusion is, though.

I highly doubt your D can reach that far

 

[Psai]

I highly doubt your D can reach that far

🙂 It's very satisfying when someone understands the intention of my posts instead of mistaking subtlety for stupidity

 

[Desk_Jockey]

I highly doubt your D can reach that far

Just the tip.

🙂 It's very satisfying when someone understands the intention of my posts instead of mistaking subtlety for stupidity

Haha, it's hard to interpret the meaning of one word sentences without the benefit of vocal intonation/facial expressions. I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you... maybe next time.