Ink Without Fear: Company Developing Tattoo Ink Designed To Disappear After A Year!

Ephemeral, a two-year-old startup based out of Harlem, is rethinking tattoos by tweaking the makeup of the ink used to create them. The reason that regular tattoos stay on the skin permanently is that their molecules are too big for our immune systems to eradicate. To get around this, the Ephemeral team developed an ink made from smaller molecules, but this on its own would fade more quickly than what they had in mind. To give the ink a longer lifespan, they encapsulated the molecules in a protective coating designed to start breaking down after a year. If at any point recipients decided they wanted their tattoos removed sooner, a special solution could be applied via a tattoo machine to remove all the components instantly. After testing its ink on cells, the company has now moved on to testing on whole pigs and hopes to make it available to human skin in fall of next year. Ephemeral hasn't decided on a concrete price yet, but according to the CEO, average-sized tattoos should be expected to go for around $50 to $100. Posted By Persist