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Title: It's tattoo much say more Brits
Post by: Natasha on July 22, 2008, 11:28:07 PM
It's tattoo much say more Brits

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/article1451987.ece (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/article1451987.ece)
7/21/2008

Excerpt: NHS primary care trusts will only fund tattoo removal if
doctors agree the patient is at risk of psychological damage.

Two years ago, sex-swap sailor Tanya Bainbridge, from Manchester, was
granted free NHS treatment for her tattoos.

Miss Bainbridge, born Brian and a father of nine children by three
different women, was given the free treatment because she claimed her
tattoos made her feel 'unladylike'.