There is some discussion in the sci.chem newsgroup about using silver nitrate to produce an argyria tattoo. Some of you may be interested in this thread.
Here is what was proposed: 1. Wet the skin with silver nitrate and allow to soak into the skin. 2. Using a template, expose the areas you wish to be dark blue to sun, or UV light. 3. Drink coffee, or apply a developer to the skin, such as caffine in water. This step may not be necessary. Now, there could be some problems with this. 1. silver nitrate in concentrated form burns the skin, so dilution would be essential. 2. unexposed area could maintain the silver nitrate for an undetermined amount of time, and exposure to light would then cause the areas that are suppose to be light to darken. 3. Penetration of the silver nitrate may not be sufficient to make the tattoo permanent. #2 could be dealt with by using the template to apply the solution, then using a flood for exposing. #3 could be dealt with by mixing with some DMSO. Mind you, this is just talk, no one is considering doing this, it could lead to a real disaster. But it might be interesting to do some experimenting with naked mice. With that said, if this could be perfected it DOES seem to be less risky than the present needle method of making tattoos, and would not spread disease either. Marshall -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
