NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tattoos on different parts of the body expose the patient to mental health problems and damage brain functions, according to a recent study by doctors from the University of Florida.

In their research findings, experts found that people who like to paint their bodies are more likely to engage in "dangerous" behavior, including smoking and committing acts that lead to prison.

The study also found that the owners of the toxin are exposed, in addition to skin diseases, to problems of sleep that affect their lives and make them prey to mental illness and slide into behavioral mazes that do not bear the consequences.