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Numerous infectious, inflammatory and neoplastic complications secondary to tattoo placement have been reported in the literature. Within inflammatory complications sarcoidal granulomatous reactions have been described. We report two cases, a 55-year-old woman with yellowish infiltrated plaques on bilateral ciliary region, 16 years after the placement of a permanent tattoo in the eyebrows, and ...

Introduction: Tattoos are a vastly popular form of body modification. However, there are no government regulations in regards to tattoo ink compositions. In this paper we report a case of chronic ulceration secondary to tattoo. Case presentation: A 42-year-old female presented with a history of a non healing ulcer on her leg over a recent tattoo. Surgical excision of ulcerated area as well as n...

How to cite this article Hu J, Bounds CE, Budgeon LR, Cladel NM, Balogh K and Christensen ND. DNA Vaccines Delivered By Microneedle and Tattoo Gun Induce Protective Immune Responses to Hla-A2.1 Restricted CRPV E1 and HPV16e7 Epitopes in HLA-A2.1 Transgenic Rabbits. SM Vaccine Vaccin. 2016; 2(1): 1017. OPEN ACCESS Gene gun delivery of DNA vaccines has proven to be effective for protective and th...

Tattoo is a form of art and identity and is a permanent mark or design made on the skin by a process of pricking and ingraining an indelible pigment or by raising scars. Word “tattoo” originated from polynesian „tatau‟ meaning „to mark‟. 1 Practice is known to be prevalent since 2000 BC. Estimates of prevalence of tattoos in current population ranges from 8.5% to 24% and 2% of them have adverse...

Tattoos are common phenomena in the western world and the demand for their removal has become widespread in the recent years. The introduction of quality-switched lasers has provided an effective removal method that is increasingly being exploited by tattoo studios themselves. Dermatologists, however, are frequently confronted with complications and side effects of tattoo removals that were per...

In this study a new approach to laser tattoo removal is proposed. Although Qswitched laser systems have become the gold standard in tattoo removal, they also have their limitations. To overcome existing procedure limits, pretreatment conditioning of the skin with a fractional Er:YAG laser was studied. Laserdrilled micro channels known as skin perforations were found to enhance the efficacy o...

BACKGROUND To our knowledge tattooing has never been thought of as a method of introducing nanoparticles (NPs) into the human body by the intradermal route, and as such it has never been a topic of research in nanotoxicology. The content of NPs in tattoo inks is unknown. OBJECTIVES To classify the particle sizes in tattoo inks in general usage. METHODS The particle size was measured by lase...

I read, with keen interest, the CMAJ article “Tattoo reactions as a sign of sarcoidosis,” which described granulomatous tattoo reaction in a patient with systemic sarcoidosis. Tattoo sarcoidosis has been known for more than half a century, although only a few cases have been described. One hypothesis is that this may be a “pigment-induced disease.” Tattoo pigments may provide chronic antigenic ...

In response to two isolated cases of Mycobacterium chelonae infections in tattoo recipients where tap water was used to dilute ink, the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducted an investigation using Emergency Department (ED) syndromic surveillance to assess whether an outbreak was occuring. ED visits with chief complaints containing the key word "tattoo" from Novem...