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New tattoo and permanent makeup shop Ink Social opened in Waite Park in early March. Owner Lexus Latzka Illies specializes in permanent makeup and fine line tattoos and plans to expand the shop's ...

Step inside the vibrant and deeply personal world of The Ink Crown, a Montreal tattoo studio that transcends the traditional parlor. Through the eyes of its Brazilian-born founder and main artist ...

Florida-based tattoo artist Jason Owens makes the trek to Poughkeepsie every year for the convention and his clients. Photo courtesy of Alyssa Sciarrone. Walking into the MJN Convention Center in ...

Tattoo ink sits in the dermis layer, or second layer, of the skin permanently because ink molecules are “too big for the body to break down,” Goergen explained in a phone interview.

It’s a story of rebirth and healing and now it’s in ink forever. A well-known tattoo-removal expert in Winnipeg, who has removed hundreds of tattoos from gang members in and out of jail, has released ...

and more-Lone Star Tattoo Removal offers a solution for those looking to refresh, revise, or completely remove their ink. Whether clients want to clear a canvas for new artwork, lighten an existing ...

Getting a tattoo means piercing your skin with needles and injecting ink into the second layer of the skin, called the dermis. This process can sometimes lead to problems, even years later. Listen to ...

That is the motto of Ephemeral, a cosmetic company that developed a made-to-fade, semi-permanent tattoo ink in 2014. But some customers who were told their tattoos would disappear within 9-15 ...