Untangling tattoos' influence on immune response
- Written by Christopher D. Lynn, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Alabama
A schoolteacher in the midst of receiving a full pe'a, the traditional Samoan tattoo generally worn by males.Christopher Lynn, CC BY-ND
I lay on the mat of the open-air bungalow in Apia, Samoa, looking up at a gecko. As its tail quivered, I felt a sympathetic twitch in my leg. Su’a Sulu’ape Paulo III, the sixth-generation Samoan...