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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contaminated tattoo ink caused at least 22 skin and soft tissue infections last fall in four U.S. states, according to an analysis released on Wednesday. The infections ...