Topic: Skin prints

[Jack Johnson]

A side-effect from this morning's Google search. I kid you not.

https://books.google.com/books?id=eceHrUipmB4C&lpg=PT15&ots=KzEDMjDf0_&pg=PT7#v=onepage&q&f=true

The bigger question is, who's going first? 

[Bryan]

I'm fresh out of silver nitrate so I'll let you go first Jack. 

[Francois]

Isn't that the stuff my ear nose and throat doctor uses in stick to cauterize blood vessels? 

[jharr]

I routinely get silver nitrate on my skin when doing salt prints. I'm not crazy about the thought of rubbing thiosulfate on there though. If you're not squeamish about the chemicals, it is one way of doing a longer lasting temporary tattoo.

[JoeV]

How about a sunburn print, through a negative? Hmm...not sure if the sun exposure is any safer than chemical exposure.

~Joe

[Francois]

But on the other hand, it could prove to be the base for an easy way to do really photorealistic tattoo...
It would be easy to print on the skin, fix and wash properly and then use a tattoo machine to set the silver pigment under the skin....

But on the other hand, I'd be too chicken to attempt anything like that.

[imagesfrugales]

Could be the tattoo stays forever.

http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/26/14727485-drinking-silver-will-turn-you-blue-and-heres-why