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When you stamp a pattern into leather, why is it permanent? Skin is rebounds by design. Is this a characteristic of tanning? Is it related to why it I sit on a mesh chair in shorts my thighs hold the pattern of the mesh for a bit? Could permanent skin embossing be possible or the next “tattoo”?

by /u/rossionq1 in /r/askscience

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