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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Post-Tattoo Skin Care: Keeping Your Ink and Skin Healthy Keep Your Skin Moisturized: Just as moisturizing is essential before getting a tattoo, it's equally important afterwards.

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 ...

PEOPLE with tattoos may face a higher risk of skin and blood cancer than those without, a new study warns. Scientists from the University of Southern Denmark explored whether tattoo ink could … ...

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 ...

The researchers found that the ink that is injected on the skin for tattoos does not just remain where it is injected, instead, it migrates to the lymph nodes. Read on to know more.

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