A few years ago, a team of European researchers discovered nanoparticles from tattoo pigments seem to be able to travel from a tattoo site into a body’s lymph nodes. A new follow-up study has now ...
Photo credit: EPHEMERAL TATTOO; BEN HUA YU; CHLOE KRAMMEL/MEN'S HEALTH ILLUSTRATION WHEN I first heard of Ephemeral Tattoo, I thought it was just like any other temporary tat—fun little "tattoos" made ...
Tattoos are made by injuring the skin with a needle and at the same time injecting ink to draw various patterns and letters on the body. To engrave a tattoo, I use a tattoo gun that shoots out a ...
Destin Sandlin, host of the YouTube show Smarter Every Day, recently devoted an episode to exploring an interesting topic: the science of tattooing. The episode, above, explores a few different ...
But it's not just that ink is capable of reaching the body's lymph nodes, as researchers previously revealed. Tattoo needles – even new ones – also may be playing a role. Tattoo needles typically are ...
Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have tested a temporary tattoo that both extracts and measures the level of glucose in the fluid in between skin cells. This first-ever example ...
It’s a simple object about the size of a modern pen: two parallel cactus spines, stained black at the tips and lashed with split yucca leaves to an 89mm (3.5-inch) handle of skunkbrush sumac. But its ...
Nickel and chromium may shed from tattoo needles and cause allergies, a study found. By Nicholas Bakalar Tattoos can cause allergic reactions, and tattoo needles, even clean ones, may be partly to ...
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