A tattoo infection occurs when a person gets a tattoo, and it becomes infected due to small wounds on the skin. Although proper sterilization and care can reduce the risk of tattoo infection, it still ...

The Milwaukee Health Department is investigating several suspected cases of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections following tattoo procedures performed by an unlicensed tattoo operation.

Switching gears now, the Milwaukee Health Department with an urgent warning tonight about kids getting infections from tattoos. The health department says they've traced the tattoos to unlicensed and ...

GETTING A TATTOO is an investment. They can be pricy, painful, and take time. It’s usually worth it in the end, though, ...

Over a third of 75 tattoo and permanent makeup inks from popular brands tested positive for bacteria in a new study, regardless of sterility claims, and the FDA has increasingly warned about tattoo ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning tattoo artists and their clients of issues with two specific colors of ink that may cause infections. In an announcement made Wednesday, the FDA says ...

(NewsNation) — New research from the Food and Drug Administration found many tattoo and permanent makeup inks were contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria, including some marked as sterile.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contaminated tattoo ink caused at least 22 skin and soft tissue infections last fall in four U.S. states, according to an analysis released on Wednesday. The infections ...

A mom of five said she was hospitalized — and told she might need her leg amputated — after a tattoo gave her a severe cellulitis infection. Liverpool, England, resident Kirsty Griffiths, 34, got a ...

Kirsty Griffiths said doctors told her she might need her foot amputated if the infection didn’t clear up Kennedy News & Media A mom of five said she was hospitalized — and told she might need her leg ...