A tattoo infection occurs when a person gets a tattoo, and it becomes infected due to small wounds on the skin. Although proper sterilization and care can reduce the risk of tattoo infection, it still ...

Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration – which regulates tattoo ink – issued a warning for tattoo artists, the recently inked, and anyone considering a tattoo: Watch out for Mycobacterium ...

Over a third of 75 tattoo and permanent makeup inks from popular brands tested positive for bacteria in a new study, regardless of sterility claims, and the FDA has increasingly warned about tattoo ...

Judging by the sudden spike in high-concept AIDS allegories hitting the festival circuit, it must have been the shock of COVID-19 that sent so many artists’ minds racing back to that previous pandemic ...

Kirsty Griffiths said doctors told her she might need her foot amputated if the infection didn’t clear up Kennedy News & Media A mom of five said she was hospitalized — and told she might need her leg ...

We see many people in our clinic with newly acquired tattoos and body piercings and are having a difficult time discerning if the artwork or jewelry is infected or just going through a "normal" ...

Two colors of Sacred Tattoo Ink-brand tattoo ink are being recalled due to being contaminated with infection-causing microorganisms, the FDA announced Wednesday. The FDA became aware that specific ...

A mom of five said she was hospitalized — and told she might need her leg amputated — after a tattoo gave her a severe cellulitis infection. Liverpool, England, resident Kirsty Griffiths, 34, got a ...