Recent advances in sample preparation for cosmetics and personal care products analysis

M Celeiro, C Garcia-Jares, M Llompart, M Lores - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of cosmetics and personal care products is increasing worldwide. Their high matrix
complexity, together with the wide range of products currently marketed under different forms …

Tattoo inks are toxicological risks to human health: a systematic review of their ingredients, fate inside skin, toxicity due to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, primary …

S Negi, L Bala, S Shukla… - Toxicology and Industrial …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Today, tattooing has become very popular among people all over the world. Tattooists, with
the help of tiny needles, place tattoo ink inside the skin surface and unintentionally introduce …

Solar freckles: long-term photochromic tattoos for intradermal ultraviolet radiometry

JL Butterfield, SP Keyser, KV Dikshit, H Kwon… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
While tattooable nanotechnology for in-skin sensing and communication has been a popular
concept in science fiction since the 1990s, the first tattooable intradermal nanosensors have …

Quantitative analysis of metals and metal-based nano-and submicron-particles in tattoo inks

B Battistini, F Petrucci, I De Angelis, CM Failla, B Bocca - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to metals and metal-based nano-(NPs, 1–100 nm) and submicron-particles (SPs,
0.1–1 μm) contained in tattoo inks and related health safety is currently receiving a great …

The chemistry behind the body art: unveiling the elemental profile and heavy metal content of natural tattoos and dyes by ICP-MS

L Rubio, P Barrulas, M Costa, C Garcia-Jares… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Temporary tattoos and dyes are increasing popularity as an alternative to permanent ones.
However, knowledge on its elementary composition is scarce and, this scientific gap can …

Understanding the chemical and mineralogical composition of commercial henna and jagua tattoos and dyes—A multi-analytical approach

L Rubio, M Costa, P Barrulas, M Lores… - Analytical and …, 2022 - Springer
Temporary tattoos and dyes constitute a great analytical challenge in relation to the
regulatory control of their ingredients. Most of these commercial products are not labeled …

[HTML][HTML] The crucial contribution of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy in medicine

D Bazin, E Foy, S Reguer… - Comptes …, 2022 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
This contribution tries to indicate to the clinician what kind of information can be investigated
through X-ray fluorescence, what kind of information can be extracted from this spectroscopy …

[HTML][HTML] Why Permanent Makeup (PMU) Is Not a Lifetime Application

E Andreou, S Hatziantoniou, E Rallis, V Kefala - Cosmetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Permanent makeup (PMU) is a popular form of tattooing applied to the eyebrows, eyelids,
and lips for corrective and aesthetic purposes. It also has medical applications, such as …

Monitoring of natural pigments in henna and jagua tattoos for fake detection

L Rubio, M Lores, C Garcia-Jares - Cosmetics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Temporary tattoos are a popular alternative to permanent ones. Some of them use natural
pigments such as lawsone in the famous henna tattoos. Recently, jagua tattoos, whose main …

Monitoring Health Risks Associated with Body Modifications (Tattoos and Permanent Makeup): A Systematic Review

D Bakova, A Yaneva, S Harizanova, D Shopova… - Cosmetics, 2025 - mdpi.com
The widespread adoption of tattoos and permanent makeup across all social classes and
age groups globally has led to an increase in reports of subsequent health problems. This …