# s-ethnomed: hypothesis: tattoo vs acupuncture effect ?

<<  Women with multiple tattoos report higher levels of self-esteem than anyone else in the study. Moreover, escalating acquisition of body art does not correlate with increased depression or suicide ideation among men or women. However, the same multi-tattooed women also report a much higher frequency of past suicide attempts >>

http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2015/11/tattoos-may-be-coping-mechanism-for-some-college-age-women

Jerome R. Koch, Alden E. Roberts, et al. Tattoos, gender, and well-being among American college students. The Social Science Journal, 2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2015.08.001

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362331915000774?via%3Dihub