Subject: Is a tattoo a physical or chemical change?

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Re: Is a tattoo a physical or chemical change?

Greetings Olivia,

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As with the formation of a bruise, a tattoo is the accumulation of pigment in and under the skin. 
The pigment that goes into your skin is the same after you have been tattooed as it was while it 
was in the tattoo pen, so there is no chemical change involved there. Similarly, your skin is the 
same as it was before you were tattooed, except that it is now bleeding, and has had ink shot 
into it, so there is no chemical change there either. A tattoo is a physical change.

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Re: Is a tattoo a physical or chemical change?