GETTING A TATTOO is an investment. They can be pricy, painful, and take time. It’s usually worth it in the end, though, unless your new ink gets infected. The likelihood of an infection is relatively ...

Two colors of Sacred Tattoo Ink-brand tattoo ink are being recalled due to being contaminated with infection-causing microorganisms, the FDA announced Wednesday. The FDA became aware that specific ...

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 ...

While the overall risk of bacterial infection from tattoos remains low, experts call for tighter regulations on tattoo ink. Tattoos are increasingly common and generally considered safe in sterile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before you get inked, make sure your ink is safe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning tattoo artists and potential ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance to help manufacturers and distributors recognize situations that will prevent microbial contamination in tattoo inks. “With about ...

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If you’re going to have a person use a needle gun to continuously puncture your skin hundreds of thousands of times, injecting a foreign material into your body, you would hope that the tattoo artist ...