Piercing and Tattoos

Directories

1.	Find a Dermatologic Surgeon American Society for Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds-net.org/find.html

National Institutes of Health

1.	Tattoo National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/tattoo.htm

Organizations

1.	American Society of Plastic Surgeons http://www.plasticsurgery.org/




2.	American Society for Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds-net.org/

Overviews

1.	Body Piercing and Tattoos: More Than Skin Deep Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=MC00020




2.	JAMA Patient Page: Body Piercing American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZMT78VARD&sub_...

Pictures/Diagrams

1.	Tattoo Removal American Society for Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds-net.org/Patients/BeforeandAfter/Before-After-tattoo.html

Related Issues

1.	Oral Piercing and Health American Dental Association http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/jada/patient/patient_04.pdf




2.	Can I Get HIV from Getting a Tattoo or through Bod Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/faq/faq27.htm

Specific Conditions

1.	Temporary Tattoos and Henna/Mehndi Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-tatt.html




2.	Tattoos and Permanent Makeup Food and Drug Administration http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-204.html

Teenagers

1.	Is Body Piercing Safe? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/skin_stuff/body_piercing_safe.html




2.	Tattoos Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/skin_stuff/safe_tattooing.html

Treatment

1.	Tattoo Removal American Society for Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds-net.org/Patients/FactSheets/patients-Fact_Sheet-tattoo_remo...




2.	Laser Applications American Society for Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds-net.org/Patients/FactSheets/patients-Fact_Sheet-lasers.html...




3.	Dermabrasion American Society for Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds-net.org/Patients/FactSheets/patients-Fact_Sheet-dermabrasio...