A few years ago, a team of European researchers discovered nanoparticles from tattoo pigments seem to be able to travel from a tattoo site into a body’s lymph nodes. A new follow-up study has now ...

But it's not just that ink is capable of reaching the body's lymph nodes, as researchers previously revealed. Tattoo needles – even new ones – also may be playing a role. Tattoo needles typically are ...

Patches covered in microscopic needles could tattoo vaccines into the skin to boost a patient’s defense against disease, researchers say. Vaccines help bodies develop immunity to diseases by exposing ...

Nickel and chromium may shed from tattoo needles and cause allergies, a study found. By Nicholas Bakalar Tattoos can cause allergic reactions, and tattoo needles, even clean ones, may be partly to ...

whose mother had recently been tattooed. (The husband of the tattooed woman was concerned that she had put them both at risk for AIDS with the tattooing process.) You replied that the Centers for ...

A growing backstreet tattoo trade is putting thousands of people at risk by reusing dirty needles and relying on cheap ink and poor quality kit. An investigation by the Sunday Mirror today paints a ...

With 205 booths, most featuring on-site tattooing, the 2019 New Orleans Tattoo Arts Convention isn’t for those with qualms about witnessing pain and a little leaking blood. But the buzzing needles, ...

Some of us are fans of dip-n-rip tattoos with very little planning. Who cares? It's not like tattoos are permanent, right? Others prefer a slightly more measured approach. If you've ever gotten a ...

A Staten Island man’s plan to open a tattoo studio in a vacant Bay Ridge storefront has gotten under the skin of some local residents, who say the parlor will leave an indelible stain on their block. ...