GETTING A TATTOO is an investment. They can be pricy, painful, and take time. It’s usually worth it in the end, though, unless your new ink gets infected. The likelihood of an infection is relatively ...

A recent Medicina Clinica review paper describes the characteristics of systemic bacterial infections associated with tattoos. These adverse effects can be avoided by maintaining strict hygiene while ...

Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration – which regulates tattoo ink – issued a warning for tattoo artists, the recently inked, and anyone considering a tattoo: Watch out for Mycobacterium ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. There has been a 77% increase in tattoo-related ...

ATLANTA (AP) — An outbreak of infected tattoos has led to an unlikely source: the ink. With the growing popularity of tattoos, health officials say they are seeing more cases of a nasty skin infection ...

If you’re going to have a person use a needle gun to continuously puncture your skin hundreds of thousands of times, injecting a foreign material into your body, you would hope that the tattoo artist ...

Last week, a man on X shared a picture of his Brat album tattoo which had developed a nasty looking infection. Now, he has shared a worrying update from the hospital. Xiu, who goes by Xui_Shoegaze ...

Tattoos are generally safe, but they aren't risk-free. Here's what to consider before going under the needle. Practicing dermatology doesn’t just involve treating rashes and sunburns and administering ...

Kirsty Griffiths said doctors told her she might need her foot amputated if the infection didn’t clear up Kennedy News & Media A mom of five said she was hospitalized — and told she might need her leg ...

OAKLAND — It was a picture of his sister on his left leg that put Aroldis Chapman on the injured list. The Yankees former closer said Sunday he does feel bad about not being available for the Yankees ...