Should rapper Gucci Mane ever want to remove his ice cream cone tattoo or any of the other permanently-inked designs on the right side his face and forehead, he would be pleased to hear that the Food ...

The days of permanent tattoos are behind us. Tattoos can now be easily removed with modern machines and a variety of treatments. While all these treatment types may be effective to one degree or ...

Phoenix tattoo artist Paulski describes his artistic style with one word: “Paulski.” The veteran artist throws unexpected subject matter into a time machine to create custom American Traditional-style ...

While many people associate tattooing with the whirring, buzzing sound of a mechanical machine, tattooing can actually be a silent experience. Such is true for a method known as stick-and-poke. As the ...

In Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel The Diamond Age, body art has evolved into “constantly shifting mediatronic tattoos”—in-skin displays powered by nanotech robopigments. In the 25 years since the ...

I got some crazy tattoos while in the Marine Corps when I was single. Now my wife wants me to get rid of the ones she does ...

Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new “e-tattoo” that could enable easier and more accurate heart monitoring than the current technology allows. Credit: Cockrell School ...

The 5,000-year-old Ötzi the Iceman mummy had 61 tattoos preserved on his body, and nobody knows the method by which they got there. A new research study experimented with differing tattoo tools and ...