Piercing and Tattoos Health information topics about 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...   Recommended Resources: [CaRP] Can't open cache file. [CaRP] Unable to create/open RSS cache file. [CaRP] Failed to open file: /home/medidir/public_html/carp/autocache/f08f308c2a734eff75114115a30d9d37 [CaRP] Can't open remote newsfeed.