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.

Because some cultures frown upon permanent body art, the friends conjured the idea of fading ink to make the industry more inclusive. Jeff Liu, CEO of Ephemeral Tattoo.

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 ...

Cleo Qian, author of ‘Let‘s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go,’ experimented with Inkbox temporary black-and-white tattoos after getting a permanent tattoo she regretted.

Propylene glycol’s chemical structure. Edgar181/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA An allergic reaction to propylene glycol can cause a skin rash, itching and blistering. In several inks, my research ...