It doesn’t look so good permanently etched on your body anymore. That’s where Canadian graduate student Alec Falkenham enters the picture. Falkenham, a Ph.D. student in pathology at Dalhousie ...

So you have a tattoo that you’re looking to remove—preferably at home, without the pain of professional laser treatments. I get it. Which means you’ve probably also seen some of the “magical” DIY ...

PITTSBURGH — If you’re tired of a tattoo, a simple cream may be able to erase it for good. A Canadian researcher is testing a cream that encourages white blood cells to dispose of excess pigment ...

Some people wear their intricate tattoos as a badge of pride, while others bitterly regret their inkings. Now a pain-free treatment to erase unwanted designs may be on the horizon in the form of a ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Molly Brown on Feb 18, 2015 at 10:51 am February 18, 2015 at 10:51 ...

Falkenham came up with the idea three years ago—while working on his Ph.D. proposal and thinking about getting his first tattoo. He did some research, and he realized that the immune system cells he ...

Tattoos are supposed to be permanent — that’s kind of their whole thing. But maybe not for long. A Canadian Ph.D. student has invented a topical cream that he says can cheaply and easily remove ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tattoos are seeping through society like spilled Indian ink. They're on arms, legs, backs, necks, faces, feet: a fashion accessory du ...

Not-so-proud tattoo owners could soon find themselves freed of their dodgy inks for as little as £3. All thanks to 27-year-old inventor and PhD student, Alec Falkenham. Falkenham is in the process of ...