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Letter: Letters: Thick-skinned

Published 30 April 1994

From DONALD ANGELL

Q: I have heard that the entire skin of a human is completely replaced
over a period of between three and six months.

If this is the case, why is it that tattoos can last for so long without
fading or vanishing completely?

Donald Angell Bristol

Issue no. 1923 published 30 April 1994

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