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Can tattooing be a form a self harm? Is it a sign of a serious mental illness? Can tattooing help people along their healing journey? Yayo asked psychiatric nurse Tony Brown about the complex issue of tattoos and self harm.

For most people getting tattooed will result in nothing more than a bit of physical pain and financial expense, but for some tattooing can pay a higher price. Yayo blog writer Matt Haddon-Reichardt tells us his very personal story about how tattooing can be potentially fatal.