Science and Medicine: Diabetes Ink

Many of the tattoos in this theme are extremely personal in nature, including tributes to insulin the science behind the disease or a caduceus. Many opt for a medical alert bracelet, as opposed to an actual one both for expressive and safety reasons.

Here's what they're saying:

I kept misplacing my medical alert bracelets and needed a way to inform people of my diabetes if I was unconscious. Very simple font that is easy to read with no design to get lost in.

McCarthy

Beger

Kaplan

Crum

McCarthy

Bianconi

Morgan

Graham

Beaudoin

McQueen

Ferguson

I was very tired of spending money on medical alert bracelets; in the long run, the tattoo saved me lots of money.

Arruda

King

Thompson

Bolton

Chalmers

a hand with black nails and a tattoo on it

Shoemaker

Bullis

Brandon

Maxwell

a person's arm with a tattoo and a device

McKinney

Moore

There’s not a cure, it’s a treatment. Like it’s something I have to take a shot, I take four to five shots every day of my life.

Morgan

Anderson

Hibberd

Murray

Arruda

Manders

Ellison

a wrist with a watch and a heart and a tattoo

Camacho

Burkholder

Talma

English

I have this tattoo as a joke really – I played volleyball in high school and I had to take off my medical alert bracelet.. so my mom made a joke saying “you should just get the bloody thing tattooed”… so I did.

Beaudoin