(CNN) — If you clicked on this story, you likely either have or are thinking about getting some ink. It might be your first embellishment (in tattoo-speak, you're a tenderfoot), or maybe it's your ...

John Swierk is an assistant professor of chemistry at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Tattoos are an incredibly common form of permanent self-expression that date back thousands ...

Tattoo artists and the European Union are at odds due to new restrictions on certain chemicals used to color tattoo ink. The European Chemical Agency set the restrictions due to health concerns. It ...

The steady buzz of machinery fills the air. An artist, deep in concentration, is bent over his work. The metallic humming stops for a moment, and he wipes away a film of blood and ink from a woman’s ...

In a new clinical study, scientists from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) have traced the path and metabolism of the liquid components of tattooing agents in the body for the ...

If you clicked on this story, you likely either have or are thinking about getting some ink. It might be your first embellishment (in tattoo-speak, you’re a tenderfoot), or maybe it’s your sixth (on ...