GENERAL HISTOLOGY

INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM

INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM MISCELLENOUS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In what layer of the skin are tattoos injected?
A
Sub-Cutaneous
B
Stratum Basale
C
Hypodermis
D
Dermis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The tattooing process involves inserting ink pigment of the desired colour into the dermis layer of the skin.

Detailed explanation-2: -There’s the epidermis on the top, the dermis in the middle, and then the hypodermis, also known as the subcutaneous layer. “The nature of the tissue will definitely influence how ink is deposited in that layer, how permanent the ink is in that layer, and even how the tattoo works, ” says Bennion.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Tattoo needle penetrates 5 layers of the epidermis That may sound like a lot of skin, but in reality it is only 1/16th of an inch, about 1-2mm. That’s pretty tiny. It goes through five layers of the epidermis, through the dermal layer, and into the topmost layer of the dermis.

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