Mouse research shows tattoo pigments move into lymph nodes within minutes and persist for months Ink triggered immune-cell ...

Tattoo ink doesn’t just sit inertly in the skin. New research shows it moves rapidly into the lymphatic system, where it can ...

In a new study, German researchers were able to track how the liquid components of tattoo ink behave in the body. Scientists in Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, or the BfR, were ...

The findings raise ‘serious health concerns associated with the tattooing practice,’ the researchers say.

Sealed bottles of tattoo and permanent makeup ink, including some marked as sterile, contained millions of potentially dangerous bacteria, according to new research by the US Food and Drug ...

Before getting a tattoo, people usually put a lot of thought into its placement and what they want it to look like. But what ...

You might want to rethink getting a tattoo in the near future. Two types of tattoo inks are being recalled due to contamination with “pathogenic microorganisms,” according to a warning from the U.S.