When I started working in healthcare one thing I had no idea about was how many people in the MS community tattoos had related to multiple sclerosis.

But the arrival of social media soon relieved me of my ignorance.   Indeed in the various multiple sclerosis groups I have worked on it is pretty common for people to want to share their MS body art.  Have a look at https://www.facebook.com/MultipleSclerosisTalk to see what I mean.

Medical and healthcare related tattoo seem to be popular for two reasons.  For people with diabetes it is a great tool to let ambulance people, nurses and doctors know about their condition in case of diabetes related coma or a car accident.

Within the multiple sclerosis community on the other hand tattoo are used as a brilliant way of increasing awareness of MS and, in some cases, for showing support for a loved one.

PatientTalk.Org thought it would be a good idea to provide a blog post where our readers could share their MS tattoos

So please feel free to post a picture of your multiple sclerosis tattoos in the comments section of this blog.   If this proves a problem you can email your picture to us at info@patienttalk.org  and we will post them on your behalf.

Thanks very much in advance.