Tattoos and MRI’s: What’s The Deal

I have a few pieces of black work tattoos. A few tattoos that I thought looked good in plain black ink, and I still think they look good in plain black. However according to an article from TheMayoclinic.com , dark tat’s can cause some problems during MRI’s. If you follow the highly fictional TV show House (I say “Highly fictional” because I don’t know anyone that gets that kind of medical service, unless it’s private.). Anyway, on an episode of House, famous rap artist L.L. Cool J played a con with the usual mystery illness that the cast members try to figure out. It’s like E.R. Meets C.S.I. . They go to put LL Cool J in an MRI and he starts screaming in agony and they say it’s because of his prison tats, which as most know is mainly black-work with cheap or fabricated inks. Now if you wanted to know more about dark tattoos and MRI’s, here is your chance. MRI is a diagnostic test that uses a magnetic field an...