Does This Photo Show Skin Punctured by a Needle?

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, a London-based database of science and medical images. The SPL website noted that its images are “acquired from scientific and medical experts, acclaimed photographers and renowned institutions.”

According to the caption, the photo was captured by Anne Weston of Francis Crick Institute and showed an up-close-and-personal, highly magnified puncture in the skin made by a tattoo needle: Tattoo needle puncture in skin, coloured scanning electron micrograph . Skin tattooing has been practised for thousands of years. To make tattooing permanent tiny needles are used to punch through the top layer of the skin and into the next layer . This image shows many skin cells from the epidermis surrounding a hole created by a tattoo needle. Magnification: x280 when printed at 10cm wide.

Tattoos become permanent by piercing the top layer of the skin and depositing a small amount of ink within each puncture, according to the

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