“Ultimately, I hope the studies support the development of safer tattoo inks,” Kiszla said. “My goal is not to impinge on artistic expression but to make body art as safe as possible and as well ...

When a person gets tattooed, the ink is deposited via tiny punctures under the top layer of the skin, explained anthropologist Christopher Lynn. As a result, the body views a tattoo as a wound and ...

Deciding to get a tattoo is a semi-permanent decision. Aside from choosing the tattoo artist and your designated design, it’s important to make sure that you really want the tattoo. The permanent ink ...

“As a result of that, we started to look into what did we need to do from a regulatory perspective to make sure that these products ... which regulates tattoo and permanent makeup inks. “When you ...