Do patients care if their doctors have tattoos or piercings? A study reveals if people prefer a more traditional looking doctor.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’ve read in several sources that tattoo ink contains known carcinogens and that getting tattooed can cause skin reactions years after. I also read that tattooing can lead to ...

Tattoo removal is a sort of oxymoron, an expression of opposite concepts. Taking the plunge into inking one’s skin has something in common with marriage, parenthood, tubal ligation and vasectomy.