Tattoo ink is injected into the dermis, which is the layer of skin located beneath the epidermis. The dermis contains collagen and elastin fibers, providing structure and support to the skin. This deeper layer is more stable than the epidermis, allowing the tattoo to remain visible over time despite the outer layer shedding and regenerating.
tattoo ink would have to be injected into the connective tissue layer (specifically the matrix). If it were injected into the superficial epithelium then it would be lost as the skin cells die & fall off the body.
Tattoos stay in the skin because the ink is deposited into the dermis layer, which is more stable and permanent than the outermost layer of skin. Even though skin cells are constantly being replaced, the ink particles are large enough to be retained in the dermis.
­When you look at a person's tattoo, you're seeing the ink through the epidermis, or the outer layer of skin. The ink is actually in the dermis, which is the second layer of the skin. The cells of the dermis are far more stable than the cells of the epidermis, so the tattoo's ink will stay in place, with minor fading and dispersion, for a person's entire life.
The ink must penetrate the 3rd layer of the skin.Well, I heard it like this! There are three layers of skin, the epidermis, the dermis, and the subcutaneous,or the Fatty layer. The top two must be penetrated for the tattoo to stay...Whether the third layer is touched doesn't matter unless you flood it with two much ink which will cause staining on the surface of the skin in and around the tattoo. Hope this helps.....
A tattoo is series of ink-injections into the dermis, which is your middle layer of skin (the outer layer is the epidermis). It stays on because it is injected so deep- but it will fade in time and with exposure to the sun, or with laser tattoo removal.
Its the 3rd layer of the skin: Epidermis - on the top, renews constantly Dermis - middle layer, doesnt really renew, this is what is damaged when you get scars, and what tattoo ink is injected into Hypodermis (not hyperdermis) - is the subcutenous layer of fat under both of these. There is no hyperdermis in the integumentary system.
The pigment is injected into the dermis by way of the tattoo machine.
Ink is injected into your skin. Many people get hepatytis 3 from tatoos.
If you don't go that deep, the customer's skin will eventually shed the tattoo.
The tattoo machine puts the ink into the dermis--a layer of skin that's in there fairly deep. Once it's there, you take advantage of one of the body's healing mechanisms. Your body wants to force any foreign object out of itself. If it can't do it, it builds a wall around it.
Permanent tattoo ink can stay in the dermis layer of your skin for a lifetime. Over time, the pigments may fade or spread slightly, but a significant portion of the ink will remain in the skin permanently.
Because the ink must be removed from you skin, which in a sense has had ink injected into it to dye it. The process isn't simple because it must take out all of the color and ink engraved into your body.