Complications from tattoos are rare

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Dear Doctors: What is the latest understanding, from a medical standpoint, about the safety of tattoos? I read about someone with a tattoo who received burns on his chest during an MRI. I also heard about tattoo ink interfering with X-ray results. Are these possible outcomes or simply urban legends?

Dear Reader: Tattoos, in which pigments are inserted into the top layer of skin to cr…