Rose Rimler

Well, here's Christelle on that.

So in the U.S., according to the National Cancer Institute, the absolute risk of getting lymphoma is about 2.2%.

So if we apply Christelle's finding to that, it suggests that a tattoo might make that risk go from 2.2 to 2.64%.

And then for melanoma, it would be like starting at 2.2%, going to 2.9%.

Like sort of for the average person.

And there are a couple other studies that have looked into this, and not all of them find this link to cancer, but the strongest and biggest studies do find this link, like a similar one that was done in Denmark.

So these studies do try to adjust for that as best they can.

But yeah, it's probably not perfect.

And there is some evidence that people who have tattoos might do some, on the whole, are more likely to do some risky behavior compared to people who don't have tattoos.

So smoking is something that has come up in the literature.

I think it's like these cancers are not particularly associated with smoking.

Okay, so it sounds like you think there's something here.

Yes, I do.

And I do.

Partly because I think the studies, Christelle's and the other study from Denmark are good studies.

And also, it seems like we have a mechanism that's plausible.

It just, it does make some sense.

Rose, should I get all my tattoos removed?

Yeah, you can get them removed with lasers.

And you might want to do that if you're freaked out about what I just said or, you know, you got a Chinese character on your lower back and you actually don't know what it means.