The Second Layer
What Tattooed Skin Does in the First Six Weeks
Ink is placed in the dermis. The layer above it — the epidermis — replaces itself continuously. That single fact explains most of what you see in the first six weeks, and most of what people get wrong about it....
Why Tattoos Lose Contrast: UV, Hydration and Time
A tattoo does not disappear. It loses contrast. Those are different problems with different causes, and only one of them is under your control. Why the ink stays Research published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine showed that dermal macrophages...