UV tattoos use a fluorescent dye, which means the tattoo only appears under UV light. There is little evidence on whether UV tattoo ink is safe for human skin. UV tattoos, also known as black light ...

Gone are the days in which tattoos were just permanent wearable decor on one’s body. Now, scientists are hoping to add some function to the permanent skin marking. Researchers at the Technical ...

Researchers working together at Harvard and MIT have developed a new ink for tattoos that is able to monitor health and change color to warn of certain medical issues. The ink could change colors if ...

Tattoos are forever, right? Well, maybe not like we once thought. You can get them removed (though laser tattoo removal is nothing to scoff at), get an ephemeral tattoo that fades in a few years, or ...

Scientists at the University College of London (UCL) and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have created temporary tattoos embedded with OLED lights like the ones used to illuminate TVs and ...

Tattoos may have been a practice since Neolithic times, but it's only recently that they've become ultra-trendy, thanks to the rise of teeny, tiny tattoos and more relaxed work environments. The ...

What’s cool about black light tattoos is the creative, otherworldly twist they can add to your body: The UV ink can be used to highlight specific parts of a tattoo done with traditional ink or form ...