why are tattoos permanent?

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If our body is constantly shedding skin cells, why are tattoos there for years and years of the original skin cells are not?

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There are a type of cell called phagocytes that are part of your immune response. They envelope the ink in an attempt to defeat a foreign substance, but its ink, so they cant really do anything but hold it there, as they die they get replaced by other phagocytes and the tattoo stays put

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