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Tattooing has been part of the human culture for thousands of years, yet only in the past decades has it entered the mainstream of the society. With the rise in popularity, tattoos also gained attention among researchers, with the aim to better understand the health risks posed by their application. 'A medical-toxicological view of tattooing'-a work published in The Lancet almost a decade ago, resulted from the international collaboration of various experts in the field. Since then, much understanding has been achieved regarding adverse effects, treatment of complications, as well as their regulation for improving public health. Yet major knowledge gaps remain. This review article results from the Second International Conference on Tattoo Safety hosted by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and provides a glimpse from the medical-toxicological perspective, regulatory strategies and advances in the analysis of tattoo inks.

Authors

• Michael Giulbudagian,
• Beatrice Battisini,
• Wolfgang Bäumler,
• Ana M Rico Blass,
• Beatrice Bocca,
• Corinna Brungs,
• Marco Famele,
• Milena Foerster,
• Birgit Gutsche,
• Veit Houben,
• Urs Hauri,
• dr inż. Katarzyna Karpienko link open in new tab ,
• Prof. Uwe Karst,
• Linda M. Katz,
• Nicolas Kluger,
• Jørgen Serup,
• Steffen Schubert,
• Ines Schreiver,
• Sebastiaan A. S. van der Bent,
• Carina Wolf,
• Andreas Luch,
• Peter Laux