When a prominent local plastic surgeon died in a plane crash three years ago, some feared that the tattoo removal program he founded would perish, too. But despite a brief shock-induced lull after the ...

Child and teen sex-trafficking survivors will be able to get a fresh start with help removing a physical stigma that symbolizes deep emotional wounds—the tattoos that their captors put on their bodies ...

SAN PABLO — An innovative new program here involves lasers and job training, and it draws participants from as far as San Jose and Stockton. High-tech skills for Silicon Valley jobs? A steppingstone ...

When Jacqueline Cervantes looks at the tattoos on her leg and left hand, she sees a potential barrier to success. A former boss once told her to cover the three dots on her hand — she won’t say what ...

SANTA CRUZ — Erasing the past is impossible, but erasing tattoos on a person”s neck, arms or other noticeable place is possible — with patience, a laser and a lot of pain. Ask Santana Cuen, a ...

MEDFORD, Ore. — When she was 15 years old, Seralynn Neal, an aspiring tattoo and piercing artist, ordered a do-it-yourself tattoo kit on Amazon and tattooed a large black widow on her left forearm. “I ...

A hospital in the Inland Empire is helping former gang members erase the painful memories of the past. In January, Loma Linda University started a free, tattoo removal program. "Yes, I was a bad guy, ...

The underground art of prison tattoos has gone mainstream at Delaware’s largest lockup. In recent weeks, men imprisoned at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna began inking the flesh of ...

The blasts of a laser repeatedly hit Randy Perez’s neck and chest. He winces. He exhales deeply during a break when the doctor asks him to switch positions so the laser beam can be focused from ...

Local plastic surgeon Paul Kelly of West University Place has joined forces with the city of Houston in an effort to give former gang members an image makeover. Kelly is one of many local doctors who ...