{"id":47162,"date":"2026-04-11T00:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47162"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:50:01","slug":"how-a-popular-makeup-trend-triggered-womans-full-body-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47162","title":{"rendered":"How a popular makeup trend triggered woman&#8217;s full-body disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One woman\u2019s permanent makeup is another\u2019s arch nemesis.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 15 months after getting her eyebrows tattooed, an unidentified 46-year-old woman sought dermatological care for patches of purplish lesions that appeared around her eyebrows and later on non-tattooed areas, including her elbow and upper back.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/omcr\/article\/2026\/2\/145\/8496121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">medical report published by Oxford<\/a>, a biopsy revealed inflamed granulomas, or non-cancerous clusters of white blood cells.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one of the tell-tale signs of sarcoidosis, a disease that frequently presents in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/conditions-and-diseases\/pulmonary-sarcoidosis#:~:text=almost%20any%20organ.-,Sarcoidosis%20in%20the%20lungs%20is%20called%20pulmonary%20sarcoidosis.,know%20what%20causes%20this%20condition.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lungs or lymph nodes<\/a>, but can \u2014\u00a0roughly a quarter of the time \u2014 cause\u00a0flare-ups on the skin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39050266\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>A 46-year-old woman presented to the dermatologist with purplish lesions on her forehead, elbows and upper back. <span class=\"credit\">Oxford Academic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It can also affect joints, parts of the nervous system and, in rare and serious cases, the heart.<\/p>\n<p>While a direct biological cause for sarcoidosis is unclear, it\u2019s often related to an immune response triggered by the presence of foreign stimuli, like tattoo ink.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohsu.edu\/health\/sarcoidosis#:~:text=Age%3A%20People%20ages%2020%20to,may%20be%20more%20at%20risk.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doctors at Oregon Health and Science University<\/a>, sarcoidosis is pretty rare in the US, with fewer than 200,000 cases reported each year.<\/p>\n<p>There are certain risk factors that can make a person more prone to contracting the disease, some of which may be genetic.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>After an initial topical treatment showed few signs of improvement for the 46-year-old woman, doctors ordered a corticosteroid therapy known as prednisolone. It was a success.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNoticeable clinical improvement was observed within one week\u201d in all the affected areas, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman took less of the prednisolone each week until the visible flare-ups were gone.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39050271\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39050271\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/academic-oup-com-omcr-article-125377653.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Skin biopsy revealing 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/academic-oup-com-omcr-article-125377653.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/academic-oup-com-omcr-article-125377653.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/academic-oup-com-omcr-article-125377653.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\"\/><figcaption>A biopsy revealed the woman had contracted sarcoidosis, a disease that can affect the lungs, lymph nodes, nervous system, skin and sometimes heart. <span class=\"credit\">Oxford Academic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similar reactions to eyebrow tattooing have been observed in other patients, most notably in 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cid\/article-abstract\/52\/4\/488\/381609?redirectedFrom=fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when a report<\/a> described a sarcoidosis outbreak in Switzerland that affected 12 patients who had been tattooed by the same artist.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just permanent makeup that\u2019s raising eyebrows. While studies are still emerging about the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/14\/health\/how-much-ink-really-stays-in-your-body-when-you-get-tattooed-study\/\">long-term effects of tattoo ink<\/a> on human biology, there\u2019s known potential for tattoos of any kind to trigger adverse immune responses.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of it has to do with what\u2019s in tattoo inks, some of which harbor trace amounts of heavy metals like nickel, chromium, cobalt and lead, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/tattoos-affect-your-immune-system-in-ways-were-just-beginning-to-understand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per Science Alert<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In high amounts, these heavy metals can be toxic. They\u2019re also known allergens, even in smaller doses.<\/p>\n<p>To become permanent, tattoos actually require an immune response to trap ink particles inside skin cells.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>When ink is injected beneath the surface of the skin, the body treats the pigment particles like foreign intruders, unleashing immune cells to remove them. The pigment particles that are too big to be disposed of remain as a tattoo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In healthy patients, the process is considered totally safe, though some people might be more prone to adverse reactions.<\/p>\n<p>What makes the case of the 46-year-old unique is the migration of the bruise-like sarcoidal blotches to parts of her body that were distant from her eyebrows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s for this reason that, in their report, the doctors advocate for patients to receive a full workup if they present with visible sarcoidosis at a tattoo site, just in case the disease has spread internally, especially around the lungs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The evaluation should include chest imaging and lab tests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly recognition of disseminated disease is crucial to initiate appropriate therapy and prevent chronic complications,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/10\/health\/how-a-popular-makeup-trend-triggered-womans-full-body-disease\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One woman\u2019s permanent makeup is another\u2019s arch nemesis. 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