A few years ago, a team of European researchers discovered nanoparticles from tattoo pigments seem to be able to travel from a tattoo site into a body’s lymph nodes. A new follow-up study has now ...
Photo credit: EPHEMERAL TATTOO; BEN HUA YU; CHLOE KRAMMEL/MEN'S HEALTH ILLUSTRATION WHEN I first heard of Ephemeral Tattoo, I thought it was just like any other temporary tat—fun little "tattoos" made ...
Destin Sandlin, host of the YouTube show Smarter Every Day, recently devoted an episode to exploring an interesting topic: the science of tattooing. The episode, above, explores a few different ...
Tattoos are made by injuring the skin with a needle and at the same time injecting ink to draw various patterns and letters on the body. To engrave a tattoo, I use a tattoo gun that shoots out a ...
But it's not just that ink is capable of reaching the body's lymph nodes, as researchers previously revealed. Tattoo needles – even new ones – also may be playing a role. Tattoo needles typically are ...
Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have tested a temporary tattoo that both extracts and measures the level of glucose in the fluid in between skin cells. This first-ever example ...
It’s a simple object about the size of a modern pen: two parallel cactus spines, stained black at the tips and lashed with split yucca leaves to an 89mm (3.5-inch) handle of skunkbrush sumac. But its ...
Nickel and chromium may shed from tattoo needles and cause allergies, a study found. By Nicholas Bakalar Tattoos can cause allergic reactions, and tattoo needles, even clean ones, may be partly to ...
Growing up, Sumina Shrestha always wanted to be an artist but it took the devastating Nepal earthquake six years ago for her to realise her true calling in life. Already proficient with a paintbrush ...