Tattoos can cause a spectrum of reactions, from swelling at the injection site to an effect that can spread over the body.

An international team of anthropologists, cultural heritage specialists and lab analysts has found tattoos of a type never seen before on the face and arm of an 800-year-old Andean mummy. Their paper ...

Scarring from tattooing, called keloids, occurs more frequently on dark skin. It happens when tattoo artists press harder or ...

Amanda Bynes continues to shock with her dramatic transformation. The former child star, 39, gave her followers two updates ...

From ethnographic accounts and ancient Mayan imagery, we know that the Maya engaged in various forms of body modification, ...