Harvard Tattoo Process May Ease a Change of Heart

Harvard Tattoo Process May Ease a Change of Heart
September 25, 2006
Robert Frederick
NPR

Scientists at Harvard University have invented a tattoo ink that challenges the nature of the tattoo as something permanent. The inventors say the new ink, due on the market early next year, is safe and that the color is completely removable.
"I see a lot of people who've made a mistake with the tattoo," says Rox Anderson, a professor of dermatology at Harvard who helped pioneer laser tattoo removal at Massachusetts General Hospital. "And I also see people who simply got some bad artwork, and it's very hard to remove at times."