These health risks were overblown, but the study got me thinking about tattoo ink–where does it go in our skin, and does it stay there? When we get tattooed, the ink is deposited as a pigment in ...

When tattoo ink is injected into the skin, ink particles can migrate to and accumulate inside the lymph nodes, researchers said. "We can see that ink particles accumulate in the lymph nodes ...

This helps explain why Sullivan and my tattoos haven’t faded, while Kwarteng’s, on her hip, has. Bhanusali says that in ...

The risk of skin cancer increased by 137 per cent for those with larger tattoos. A shocking new study has claimed that getting a tattoo significantly increases the chances of developing certain ...

or stretchy can mean a shorter lifespan for your tattoo. Skin thickness can also play a role, especially in delicate areas ...

They compared twins, finding that those who got tattoos had a significantly higher risk of being diagnosed with skin cancer and lymphoma. More research is needed to understand whether this ...

Tattoos may increase the risk of developing lymphoma and skin cancer, a recent study suggests. "We can see that ink particles accumulate in the lymph nodes, and we suspect that the body perceives ...

Using a database that tracks the health outcomes of twins, scientists have found more evidence that getting tattoos may be linked to skin cancer. In a new paper published in the journal BMC ...

The findings suggest that large tattoos, bigger in size than a palm, may pose greater health risks. “For both skin cancer and lymphoma, increased hazards were found for tattoos larger than the ...