Inked skin has become commonplace and proudly sported by celebrities and professionals alike.
A new study from Dublin City University (DCU) focuses on a subset of people for whom tattoos are more than just skin deep. It looks at the trend for cancer survivors to get therapeutic tattoos.
PhD researcher Adam Daly from the School of Psychology at DCU
The study’s lead author is the PhD researcher Adam Daly from the School of Psychology at DCU.
“I’ve long been interested in tattoos, and when my mam and sister were diagnosed with cancer, I wanted to better understand what they were going through,” he says. “When I looked into it, I realised this practice was happening all over the world. Deciding what to tattoo and where allows people to reclaim agency over their bodies, something they can feel robbed of during…
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