When tattoo ink enters your skin, your body recognizes it as foreign, says dermatologist Dr. Lauren Moy. That causes the body to recruit immune cells to the area.

Scientists at Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment were stunned to learn that only 20% of tattoo ink actually penetrates the skin — far less than previously thought.

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 ...

To avoid ink rejection, some tattoo artists will do an allergy test with the color in question by applying a small amount to the skin. If it causes a reaction, it is not safe to use.

Tattoos may increase the risk of developing lymphoma and skin cancer, a recent study suggests. "We can see that ink particles accumulate in the lymph nodes, and we suspect that the body perceives ...

Scientists issue cancer warning as tattoo ink may not just stay where it is injected. Injected tattoo ink does not remain in the skin but travels through the body and ends up in the lymph nodes.

Tattoo ink sits in the dermis layer, or second layer, of the skin permanently because ink molecules are “too big for the body to break down,” Goergen explained in a phone interview.

“Regret Nothing.” That is the motto of Ephemeral, a cosmetic company that developed a made-to-fade, semi-permanent tattoo ink in 2014.But some customers who were told their tattoos would ...

The Food and Drug Administration has been warning for years that some tattoo inks are brimming with bacteria—a large assortment that, when injected into your skin, can cause inflammatory ...

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 ...

FDA testing found pathogens in Sacred Tattoo Ink’s Sunny Daze and Raven Black varieties. Bacterial contamination infections can cause lesions and rashes.