The state food safety and drugs administration commissioner plans to write to the Centre to prohibit tattoo inks until BIS norms are established. Recent tests on tattoo inks found the presence of ...

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a type of light. Sunlight has UV rays, along with other kinds of rays. Some light bulbs give off UV rays, too. UV light bulbs are used in tanning beds and lamps, some ...

The tool’s light beam generates a shock wave in the epidermis, fragmenting the tattoo pigments. These micro-particles of ink are then captured by the lymphatic system and, in theory, eliminated ...

Tattoo removal is big business, and it's getting even bigger. Back in January, People reported that Pete Davidson spent around $200,000 to most of his ink removed. The whole process took about a ...

Their experiments demonstrated that the combination of ultraviolet light and chlorine significantly enhanced the degradation of toxins compared to chlorine alone. "The integration of UV radiation ...

The laser light energy shatters the tattoo ink into small particles, which the body's immune system clears over time. The type of laser used to remove a tattoo depends on the tattoo's colors.

The study also monitored how much tattoo ink was used in each session. On the one hand, the bottles of ink were precisely weighed before and after the session. On the other hand, all the needles ...

According to the researchers, the recovery of microbes from tattoo and permanent makeup inks, some of which were labeled sterile, prompts further study into the manufacturers’ sterilization methods.