Clinical Research on Laser-Assisted Tattoo Removal

Getting a tattoo triples a person’s risk of acquiring hepatitis C, a large multinational study has found.
The odds were even higher when the study’s authors ruled out people already participating in other behaviors that raise the risk of hepatitis C. For example, people who get tattoos but who are not drug users are almost [...]

In a recent issue of Dermatology, physicians from the Korea University College of Medicine report on what may be the first case of a pseudolymphoma induced by a semi-permanent tattoo. Pseudolymphoma is an inflammatory response that results in benign lymphoma-like cells.
The case involved a 49-year-old woman with a 1-year history of linear swelling on [...]

It’s probably a sign of these economic times, but tattoo-related advertising may be on the upswing, suggests a recent news report in the New York Times.
The article focused on people who have shaved their heads to make them available for a temporary tattoo advertisement. Last November, for example, some 30 people volunteered to be “cranial [...]