Talk:Medical tattoo

Standard Design and location
While there is no trade group of tattoo parlours or artists, a medical group such as the AMA should standardize the many tattoo designs and their location http://www.diabetesadvocacy.com/tattoos.htm so that EMT's and ER physicians cannot miss the tattoo.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-05-13-medicaltattoos_N.htm?csp=34

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/DiabetesResource/Story?id=4028385&page=1

Since medic alert bracelets can break and be lost in a crisis, this is an important trend. rumjal 11:31, 14 May 2009 (UTC). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumjal (talk • contribs)

I read of identical twins or multiple being marked with a simple dot tatoo to help tell them apart and was wondering if this practice was common, and thought it might be mentioned here if it was. Anyone know? -- Horkana (talk) 16:51, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Speculation about old medical tattoos
I have removed some crap, but I think it is highly likely that that other example of medical tattooing should be removed or changed. We may report that there is/was speculation about the possibility that certain tattoos were medical tattoos, but I did some googling and that revealed that much of that speculation came from sources I would not consider reliable. Would you please be so kind to take a look? &#40;&#40;&#40;The Quixotic Potato&#41;&#41;&#41; (talk) 20:49, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean. Will look.  Not today... Jytdog (talk) 20:50, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you. The first two paragraphs of the History section made my bullshit detector tingle. &#40;&#40;&#40;The Quixotic Potato&#41;&#41;&#41; (talk) 20:52, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

I would argue this article has been overpruned. It lacks any mention of https://www.electropages.com/blog/2020/05/get-inked-how-tattoos-are-being-used-medical-purposes, and while it is speculative that his tattoos were for medical reasons, it is reasonable and a popular opinion among experts in the field. As good as you can get with archaeology or history, where vague mentions of things are somewhat reliable sources. Also, no mention of modern electric tattoos https://www.electropages.com/blog/2020/05/get-inked-how-tattoos-are-being-used-medical-purposes 50.101.105.130 (talk) 17:29, 22 November 2022 (UTC)