From minimalist wrist designs to full sleeves, body art has become so common that it barely raises an eyebrow. But while the ...

Tattoos have gained widespread popularity, with nearly one in three Americans having at least one. But beneath the colorful designs lurks a hidden journey. According to a new study, tattoo ink doesn’t ...

Tattoo ink doesn’t just sit inertly in the skin. New research shows it moves rapidly into the lymphatic system, where it can persist for months, kill immune cells, and even disrupt how the body ...

Danish twin study found people with large tattoos (bigger than palm-sized) had 2.73 times higher rate of developing lymphoma and 2.37 times higher rate of skin cancer Tattoo ink particles migrate ...

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 ...

WORCESTER ― Steven Atkins is in a business whose popularity has skyrocketed, with a growing number of arms and legs and other body parts getting tattoos. Atkins owns The Black Rose Tattoo Co. on Park ...

Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York find that as many as 6% of New Yorkers who get a tattoo have experienced tattoo-related rash, severe itching or swelling that has lasted more than ...

In Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel The Diamond Age, body art has evolved into “constantly shifting mediatronic tattoos”—in-skin displays powered by nanotech robopigments. In the 25 years since the ...