CASE REPORT
Medical alert tattoos—A pinch of style along with patient safety
Funding information:
The study was funded by Departmental Resources.
Section Editor: David Polaner
Summary
The use of medical tattoos can potentially be life-saving. We present a 16-year-old patient who chose to tattoo a medical condition on her forearm. Her tattoo is more extensive than most medical tattoos and shows the measures a mother will take to ensure her daughter's safety. To our knowledge, there are no published guidelines recommending an ideal location or symbology for a medical tattoo. Such guidelines would be useful to artists, as well as to medical personnel in emergencies if the patient has a tattoo.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have no conflicts of interest.
