Tattoos are a common way for people to express themselves. Yet not everyone who gets a tattoo is happy with it. The best way ...

Getting a tattoo involves more than design choice — your diet plays a key role in how your body reacts and heals. Eating the ...

Some tattoo ink can contain potentially harmful levels of bacteria while other batches ... considering the nature of their work: piercing skin with needles and inserting ink into the top layer ...

The authors wrote: "For skin cancer and lymphoma ... now aim to delve into the effects of ink particles at a 'molecular level ...

Brigham and Women's dermatologist Dr. Abby Waldman says people should not get a tattoo over an existing mole or birthmark.

The needle being dipped into ink and then penetrating the skin increases the risk ... Yolanda Hedberg says different tattoo inks can present different levels of risk. Certain red inks contain ...

There are both physical and psychosocial risks documented with tattoos. The most common physical problems are localized skin infections and allergic responses to the various non-FDA regulated ...

"When tattoo ink penetrates the skin, some of it is absorbed into the ... tattoo inks' effects on the lymph nodes "at the molecular level" — and to see if certain types of lymphoma are more ...

Tattoo ink sits in the dermis layer, or second layer, of the skin permanently because ink molecules are “too big for the body to break down,” Goergen explained in a phone interview.