For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Permanent tattoos involve insertion of ink under the skin topmost layer. One's system will ...

Mummies’ skin glows brightly when scanned by a laser, revealing the fine details of any tattoos on the preserved body part 1. Getting inked has been a tradition for more than 5,000 years ...

On the flip side, tattoos do have the potential to cause infections ... with immune cells," Wu writes in The Atlantic. But the skin is "a formidable place to administer vaccines" instead, Gary ...

Tattoos are an interesting technology. They’re a way of marking patterns and designs on the skin that can last for years or decades. All this, despite the fact that our skin sloughs off on a ...

Professional tattoo artists and dermatologists share insider secrets on how to prepare your body and mind for the best possible tattoo experience.

Many women wonder "why do women get tattoos" as they think about ... Body art tells stories through skin. Each tattoo carries deep meaning and personal value beyond its visual appeal.

Lasers are typically used to remove tattoos from the skin with mixed results. These tight beams of light can also reveal the ink that once decorated 1,200-year-old pieces of mummified skin.

With a tool often used in the study of dinosaur fossils, scientists uncovered new details in ornate tattoos on the skin of members of the Chancay culture of Peru. By Becky Ferreira A culture ...