New Australian research has found carcinogenic compounds in some tattoo inks – here’s what it means for your health.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After years of suspicions that tattoos could cause an increased risk of skin cancer, researchers believe they are closer to ...

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Got a tattoo? You may be putting yourself at more risk of skin cancer if you spend a lot of time in Florida’s sun. Because skin cancer typically presents as colored moles, spots or growths on the skin ...

Potentially harmful, cancer-causing substances have been found inside tattoo inks used in Australia, researchers have found.

It may seem counterintuitive, but new research suggests that people with multiple tattoos may be at lower risk of developing melanoma – the most dangerous type of skin cancer. People with three or ...

Originally, U.S. researchers hypothesized that tattoos increase the risk of skin cancer. However, their study reached a surprisingly different conclusion. FITBOOK author Friederike Ostermeyer explains ...

For most people, tattoos are a way of self-expression — a kind of body art that makes them better comfortable in their own skin. For some, they’re what identities are made of and built upon. But what ...

Tattoos are an incredibly common form of permanent self-expression that date back thousands of years. Most tattoo artists follow strict health and sanitation regulations, so you might assume that ...

BERLIN — People who get tattoos could be increasing their risk of skin cancer, according to a team of epidemiologists and toxicologists warning about the risk factor for melanoma. Researchers at ...