Today’s youth are more colorful than their parents, at least when it comes to permanent body art. Once considered taboo in mainstream cultures in the US and Europe, tattoos are more accepted socially ...

There is an open secret among tattoo artists, dermatologists, and the small group of researchers studying the effects of tattoo ink: Red ink causes the most problems. These problems include ...

Mad scientist kind of moments happen fairly often for nanoengineer Carson Bruns. A few months ago in his lab at the University of Colorado Boulder, he tested his latest invention on his own arm and ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — A UAB medical student and other dermatologists are on a mission to make safe tattoo ink, specifically in the color red. Matthew Kizla noticed that a lot of patients were ...

Once tattoo ink enters the body, it does not stay put. Beneath the skin, tattoo pigments interact with the immune system in ...

Rachel Feltman: Nearly a third of U.S. adults have tattoos, so plenty of you listeners can probably rattle off the basic guidelines of tattoo safety: Make sure you go to a reputable tattoo artist who ...

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