Looking ahead, company representatives hope to introduce a red ink to join the classic black. They also hope to join the medical space and provide tattoos for patients who need markers on their ...

The latest study tested 75 samples of sealed tattoo and permanent makeup ink sold in the United States by 14 manufacturers that were not named by the FDA. Some of the samples were labeled as sterile.

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 ...