 ABOUT
THESE INKS
What makes this ink different from standard tattoo
inks, not to mention safer, is a polymer microsphere
delivery vehicle. These are microscopic beads that
encases the dye molecules. The technical
name of this synthetic polymer is
Polymethylmethacrylate, or PMMA for short. PMMA was
developed for use as a shatterproof replacement for
glass. For over 30 years polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)
has been used in orthopedic surgery to fix prosthetic
components. PMMA has been used since the early 1930's
in familiar procedures such as dental prostheses, bone
repair, eye lenses, orthopedics and in
pacemakers,
and since 1947, when the first hip prosthesis was
introduced. More recently, PMMA has been used in
treatment for erasing facial wrinkles and intraocular
lens implants, used to replace natural or
cataract lenses of the eye. Many scientific
articles on bone repair have mention the chemical
inertness and biocompatibility of PMMA. Those in
the tattooing and piercing industry would recognize
this material as the same one that goes under brand
names of Lucite and others, which is often >> |
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