A rare but difficult-to-treat bacterial infection that usually strikes people with impaired immune systems is showing up for the first time in healthy individuals getting tattoos, the Centers of ...

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 ...

Before you get inked, make sure your ink is safe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning tattoo artists and potential customers that two lots of black and yellow Sacred Tattoo Ink were ...

In this episode of "Second Opinion with the Twin Docs," the docs dive into the booming $1.5 billion tattoo industry and how tattoos have become more mainstream than ever. But behind the art lies 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 ...

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.

Hey there! Just got a new tattoo and wondering how long it'll take to heal? It's a common question that pops up after getting inked. I've done my homework and even chatted with some top tattoo artists ...

People can develop allergic reactions to the ingredients in tattoo ink. An allergic reaction to a tattoo can emerge years after a person gets tattooed. Medication may be necessary to treat the immune ...

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 ...