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  1. Piercing and Tattoos 
    https://medlineplus.gov/piercingandtattoos.html
    Tattoos and piercings are popular forms of body art that can be associated with serious health risks. Read this before getting new ink or piercings. ... Piercings and ...
  2. Excluded Studies - Diagnosis and Management of Infantile Hemangioma - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK344066
    ... PubMed : 1990991 ] 683. Nelson JS. Selective photothermolysis and removal of cutaneous vasculopathies and tattoos by pulsed laser. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1991 Oct; ...
  3. Skin lesion removal 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007673.htm
    ... skin; Excision of skin lesions - benign; Skin lesion removal - benign; Cryosurgery - skin, benign; BCC - removal; Basal cell cancer - removal; Actinic keratosis - removal; Wart - ...
  4. xmlmplus_topics_2025-01-22.xml 
    https://medlineplus.gov/xml/mplus_topics_2025-01-22.xml
    ... your <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/piercingandtattoos.html">tattoo artist or body piercer</a> uses sterile tools</ ... had <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/piercingandtattoos.html">tattoos or body piercings</a></li> <li>Have worked ...
  5. In brief: External radiotherapy - InformedHealth.org - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279300
    ... precisely target the same area in each session, “tattoo” marks are made on the skin using a ...
  6. Clinical Summaries of Recommendations for Adults - The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2014 - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK235852
    ... mother, incarceration, intranasal drug use, getting an unregulated tattoo, and other percutaneous exposures. Adults born between 1945 ...
  7. Breast reconstruction - series (image) 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100156_1.htm
    ... area of skin on the reconstructed breast and tattoos it at a later date. The overall results ...