The Environmental Protection Authority is calling for information on tattoo inks to make sure Kiwis are kept safe. Research ...

A woman regrets 'impatiently' getting a 'cheap' home tattoo instead of saving up - after getting such a bad infection she feared her leg would need amputating. Samantha Lowen booked to have a floral ...

Not only was Samantha Lowen's two-and-a-half-hour floral tattoo ordeal agonisingly painful, but it then started weeping pus and ink ...

A 2025 two-part series on tattoo-associated infections published in the Lancet Microbe found that the risk of infection ranged from study to study. In general, roughly one to six per cent of ...

A woman has told how she feared doctors would be 'forced to amputate her leg' when she contracted a serious infection after getting a 'cheap' home tattoo. Samantha Lowen is urging people to only ...

A woman has told how she feared doctors would be 'forced to amputate her leg' when she contracted a serious infection after getting a 'cheap' home tattoo. Samantha Lowen is urging people to only visit ...

The device uses a thermoelectric system that works without batteries or an external power supply to detect temperature variations associated with inflammation and infection. The results of the project ...