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How do they know these were tattoos and not drawn on the skin after death?
by treis 1y ago
How do they know these were tattoos and not drawn on the skin after death?
- VTimofeenko 1y agoInb4: not an expert but I do have some ink. Tattoos are basically ink being delivered in the lower layers of skin by poking. They look vastly different depending on the healing process. I'd imagine the scientists can distinguish between pre and post mortem punctures pretty well. The amount of ink remaining in the tattoo would probably also be very different.
- ethan_smith 1y agoTattoos are identified by microscopic examination showing ink particles embedded within dermal tissue layers, while post-mortem markings would only appear on the surface.