"With a local anesthetic, removal is not painful," Dr. Geronemus says. "The concept is that the lasers target and eliminate the tattoo ink while sparing normal skin. This is why multiple lasers ...

With tattoos now commonplace, regrets are by no means unusual. In the United States, as in Europe, tattoo removal is enjoying ...

In particular, the AAAAI highlights mercury in red ink as a common cause of tattoo allergy. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved any pigments or dyes as safe to inject into the ...