...Marius Kröger; Johannes Schleusener; Jürgen Lademann; Martina C. Meinke; Sora Jung; Maxim E. Darvin Background: The knowledge about the location and kinetics of tattoo pigments in human skin after application and during the recovery is restricted due to the limitation of in vivo methods...

...Nicolas Kluger Background: Tattoo ink safety is one of the main concerns surrounding tattooing practices. In order to better assess the risks and increase the safety of tattoo inks, it is important to know about the habits of tattooists in real life. Objective: We investigated the most popular inks...

...Helen Strandt; Odessa Voluzan; Tanja Niedermair; Uwe Ritter; Josef Thalhamer; Bernard Malissen; Angelika Stoecklinger; Sandrine Henri Background: Little information is available about the complexity and function of skin cells contributing to the high stability of tattoos. It has been shown...

...Philippe Guillem; Hélène Raynal; Anaïs Wendling; Nicolas Kluger Background: The reasons or the motivations that compel people to get a tattoo or a body piercing (BP) are plentiful and personal. Patients with chronic cutaneous or systemic conditions may be interested in getting tattooed or pierced...

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... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Sport Tattoo Tattooing Tennis Tattoo and Body Art Letter Published online: October 17, 2018 Dermatology 2018;234...

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...Mitra Sepehri; Catharina M. Lerche; Katrina Hutton Carlsen; Jørgen Serup Background and Objective: Tattoo ink stock products often contain potential carcinogens, which on large-scale population exposure may be clinically relevant. The aim of this autopsy study in mice was to screen major organs...

...Nicolas Kluger Background: Cutaneous complications related to permanent tattoos affect 2-30% of those patients who have tattooed their skin. Little is known about the cases of tattoo complications in Finland. Objective: The aim of this study was to conduct a retrospective review of a series...

...Jørgen Serup; Mitra Sepehri; Katrina Hutton Carlsen Background/Aims: Tattooing is a global trend. Clinical knowledge of complications is based on case reports collected over a century. Larger cohorts reflecting complications associated with contemporary trends are lacking. Methods: The study...

...Iago Pinal-Fernandez; Roser Solans-Laqué Cutaneous complications associated with decorative tattooing are well known. However, the inhibition of a purpuric reaction by a tattoo is a fact that, as far as the authors know, has not been described before, fitting the definition of a ‘sparing phenomenon...

...S. Wenzel; M. Landthaler In the Western world, more than 10% of the population have at least 1 tattoo. If the tattoo is removed, the tattoo pigment particles in the skin can be selectively destroyed by means of selective photothermolysis. This treatment requires laser pulses of short durations...