Dozens of Australians diagnosed with rare tattoo-related vision loss (www.abc.net.au)
from who@feddit.org to world@lemmy.world on 14 Feb 2026 20:30
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inari@piefed.zip on 14 Feb 2026 21:40 next collapse

Scary shit. Glad I resisted the peer pressure and never got tattooed.

Speculater@lemmy.world on 14 Feb 2026 22:54 next collapse

This condition is so rare that it’s a practically unknown side effect. People have received billions of tattoos over the eons and rarely have anything more than sore skin. Tattoos are fun.

finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 2026 06:08 collapse

Tattoos are fun.

Ha Ha! Whee!

Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 2026 01:56 next collapse

Peer pressure isn’t a good reason to do anything.

ohshit604@sh.itjust.works on 15 Feb 2026 04:01 collapse

It’s a good reason to get others to do anything, this is why we have the jackass movies.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca on 15 Feb 2026 04:20 collapse

Why?

Nothing wrong with a tattoo (nothing wrong with not getting on either)

And scary shit? You’d sooner wijntje lottery than this happening. Just make sure your tattoo shot knows how to be sterile and clean

EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Feb 2026 06:15 next collapse

You’d sooner wijntje lottery

Were you getting tattooed while writing this?

tb_@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 2026 10:52 collapse

“win the” with a fumbled autocorrect, presumably.
Wijntje is the diminutive form of wijn in Dutch, which in turn is pronounced not too dissimilarly from it’s English counterpart; wine.

PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 2026 21:47 collapse

Did you read the article? There’s nothing pointing to an infection, it’s autoimmune.

SkabySkalywag@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 2026 03:40 collapse

Huh. I’m curious why they are focusing on the ink as the vector for this pathogen, but no mention of the shop’s sterile procedures (although given that one of the four patients had the tattoo as far back as 35 years ago, a proper investigation might have been tough.)

I think the PSA here is:

If you want to get a tattoo, check and research both the shop and artists on your own before committing. Make sure that they are following all possible health care practices, including their use of legit sourced tools and equipment. And please, please, follow the shop’s post-care instructions to avoid any infections.

HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works on 15 Feb 2026 05:44 next collapse

… but no mention of the shop’s sterile procedures

Because if the cause was lack of sterile procedures the problems would develop immediately – like food poisoning does.

The article states one person had a tatoo 30+ years ago and just started being affected by it now.

Drusas@fedia.io on 15 Feb 2026 19:40 collapse

There isn't any pathogen.