biosafe luminescent tattoo
Alright, so I know Biohack.me is more about improving the human body's capabilities, but I'm looking for a more aesthetic mod. Would a piezoluminescent tattoo be possible? as in, a tattoo that glows under pressure? or something similar? I've seen the black light tattoos, but I'm looking for something that could produce light without another light source. Doesn't have to be invisible under normal conditions, I just would really like a tattoo that could produce light. Piezoluminescence was my first thought, although there may be safe/more suitable ways to exhibit luminescence in human skin. Another idea I had was radioluminescence, as I know certain radioactive materials are used in watches and gun sights, but I doubted these radioactive isotopes would be safe under the skin, and cancer would be a major concern...
Honestly, this will probably be more of a theoretical discussion, as I doubt I'd be able to get the required materials to make a glowing ink, and if it was easy it'd already be out there.
So I'm looking for a non-toxic, non-carcinogenic material that could be suspended in a tattoo ink, and wouldn't stop working after a short time. I could see redoing it after 10-15 years, as the luminescent material would probably wear out, but I want it to be a viable option for a long term effect.
Edit: Changed title from "bioluminescent tattoo" to "biosafe luminescent tattoo" for accuracy.
So I'm looking for a non-toxic, non-carcinogenic material that could be suspended in a tattoo ink, and wouldn't stop working after a short time. I could see redoing it after 10-15 years, as the luminescent material would probably wear out, but I want it to be a viable option for a long term effect.
Edit: Changed title from "bioluminescent tattoo" to "biosafe luminescent tattoo" for accuracy.
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Your other option, and this one is new and weird is to use a genetic modification but that's at best scketchy and at worst cancer. You can use a nanoparticle to deliver a little plasmid or something, some small dna package. Any cell that takes it into the nucleus will start producing that protein (maybe) which could be a protein that uses some aspect of the cells metabolism to get the energy to glow. If you had the delivery by nanoparticles such that they are taken up as the body heals lots of the new healing tissue should have the dna too.