61: Medical Tattooing

This month, Bruna and Nadia discuss the issue of medical tattooing. Guests Nicola Stock (Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Appearance Research), Amy Johnson (Operations Manager from the charity Alopecia UK), and Rae Denman (a medical tattooist), all come together to provide various perspectives on the matter. To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us:  On Twitter: twitter.com/CAR_UWE  On Instagram: www.instagram.com/car_uwe/  On Facebook: www.facebook.com/AppearanceResearch  To find out more about Rae and her medical tattooing work: makeup@raedenman.co.uk www.raedenman.co.uk To find out more about the work of Alopecia UK: www.alopecia.org.uk Information from Alopecia UK about medical tattooing: https://www.alopecia.org.uk/permanent-make-up To read the (freely-available) published research article that was discussed during the episode: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13548506.2021.1883688?scroll=top&needAccess=true You can also read a blog published by Alopecia UK about the study: https://www.alopecia.org.uk/blog/putting-your-face-in-someone-elses-hands Note from Nicola: Thank you to everyone who gave their time to participate in this study and to the charities, including Alopecia UK, who helped with recruitment. This study was funded by the VTCT Foundation (registered charity #1155360; http://www.vtctfoundation.org.uk). If you have any questions or comments about this study, please contact Nicola2.Stock@uwe.ac.uk or visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/car. Please share, subscribe, rate and review. It really does mean a lot.  Thank you! B & N x  Music by Sian Evans & John Landau: toplinefilm.com  Cover photo by X from X  Episode developed & produced by Bruna Costa