Millions of individuals worldwide regularly use cosmetics, personal care items, and tattoos.
Tattoo ink and other makeup cosmetics also contain potentially toxic heavy metals. Heavy …

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 …

Background Tattoo inks have been reported to elicit allergic contact dermatitis. Objectives To
investigate the labels and the contents of metals and pigments in tattoo inks, considering …

Tattoo application is widely performed all over the world; however, injection of coloring
substances into the skin as metals may pose a risk for allergies and other skin inflammations …

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 evidence coupled with awareness towards carcinogenic effects of synthetic textiles dyes
to the wearer, exhausting fossil fuels, ecological balance distortion, and increased pollutants …

Tattooing has been an enduring form of body art since ancient times, but it carries inherent
health risks, primarily due to the complex composition of tattoo inks. These inks consist of …

Introduction: Pigments of tattoo inks may over time migrate to other parts of the body. Inks
kinetics are still poorly understood and little studied. The aim of this first study was to …

Tattoos are not mentioned as a source of exposure to nickel. Traces of nickel are, however,
almost inevitably found in tattoo inks as impurities and sometimes in tattooed skin. Whether …

Résumé Although numerous pathologies are associated with abnormal skin deposits, these
remain poorly described, as accurate characterization continues to present a challenge for …