Since 2002, it is unclear whether an epidural analgesia can be placed safely through a lower back tattoo. Theoretical risks of pigment tissue coring have led to precautionary measures and misconception that epidural analgesia should be excluded. We reviewed chronologically the 16 years of medical literature summarizing the so-called risks of epidural analgesia (EA) through lower back tattoo in parturient women. To date, no convincing complication has been ever reported after an EA through a tattoo. We hope this review will bring a closure to a 16 year-old “non-issue” that has poisoned and stressed unnecessarily a generation of parturient.