FLORIDO: "He's never done anything wrong," she said. "The only bad thing he's ever done was get those tattoos I told him not to get." Court records show her son, Jhoan Bastidas, has no criminal ...

By then, she’d had another son, and her tattoo artist worked out a way to meld both their names into an ambigram, a design that can be read in different ways depending on perspective.

Tattoos are no longer taboo. One in every three Americans now has at least one tattoo. As getting inked becomes more common, potential risks and side effects are being more intensely scrutinized.

FLORIDO: "He's never done anything wrong," she said. "The only bad thing he's ever done was get those tattoos I told him not to get." Court records show her son, Jhoan Bastidas, has no criminal record ...

We all know this, and most of us recognize that our fear is enormously out of proportion to the risk involved. Still, knowing that flying is safe, and knowing that our fear is way out of ...

It is unclear, however, whether and to what extent tattoo ink may trigger chronic inflammation in the lymph nodes, home to germ-fighting cells. It is also unclear if the accumulated ink can cause ...

Tattoos are a deeply personal form of self-expression, with designs as diverse as the individuals who wear them. From vibrant colours to cartoonish illustrations or lifelike portraits, the choice ...