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 ...

ATLANTA (AP) — An outbreak of infected tattoos has led to an unlikely source: the ink. With the growing popularity of tattoos, health officials say they are seeing more cases of a nasty skin infection ...

The Milwaukee Health Department is investigating several suspected cases of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections following tattoo procedures performed by an unlicensed tattoo operation.

Switching gears now, the Milwaukee Health Department with an urgent warning tonight about kids getting infections from tattoos. The health department says they've traced the tattoos to unlicensed and ...

GETTING A TATTOO is an investment. They can be pricy, painful, and take time. It’s usually worth it in the end, though, ...

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 ...

(NewsNation) — New research from the Food and Drug Administration found many tattoo and permanent makeup inks were contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria, including some marked as sterile.

MILWAUKEE (WDJT) -- The City of Milwaukee Health Department is investigating suspected tattoo-related infections among minors linked to an unlicensed provider operating under the name Davinci Way Ink.

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 ...

ATLANTA -- An outbreak of infected tattoos has led to an unlikely source: the ink. With the growing popularity of tattoos, health officials say they are seeing more cases of a nasty skin infection ...

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 ...