If you live in the US and are planning on getting a tattoo any time soon, we’ve got some potentially unwelcome news. Many common commercial tattoo inks have either different ingredients than those ...

Screen printing is a widely used technique to imprint designs onto different surfaces including fabric, paper, and synthetic materials. This method involves forcing ink through a mesh structure to ...

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Nearly half of samples taken from permanent makeup ink products and close to a quarter of tattoo ink products were contaminated with bacteria, the Food and Drug Administration found, even in brands ...

In a new study analyzing 54 tattoo inks sold in the US, researchers found that 45 contained pigments or additives that manufacturers did not list on the ingredient label (Anal. Chem. 2024, DOI: ...

A new study detected both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in tattoo and permanent makeup inks. Researchers have detected anaerobic and aerobic bacteria in commercial tattoo and permanent makeup inks.