To better shed some insight as to how many people during the present day have tattoos, and who work all sorts of different jobs, Pew Research conducted a survey back in 2006 – so imagine what the numbers are now, six years later – that purported that about 36% of persons ages 18-25 entering the workplace had tattoos, and 40% off all adults ages 25-40 have at least one. So …

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The tattoo shop that you choose for your tattoo can make or break your experience. Precociousness is never advised, nor is last-minute decisions when it comes to your skin, your tattoo and more importantly: your health. While it is say to safe to that most tattoo shops that you will find are following and adhering to the state defined or city defined health protocols and will be properly …

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The dichotomy of tattoos can be traced all the way back to ancient civilizations like the Egyptians, various African tribes and civilizations, the Mayans, the Incans, the Mohicans and even certain tribes of Native Americans; some historians purport that tattoos go even further back, but anecdotal records corroborate that these ancient peoples were some of first to fashionably inject ink into their skin. Over the …

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When it comes to tatted rappers, there is one fellow who easily can get top nods: Lil Wayne. While there are a gazillion-plus photos that are circulating the internet that feature Wayne’s countless tattoos – his entire body or at least visible areas of skin are wonderfully inked – perhaps the best high definition showing that can be seen is in the most recent music video he released that featured Bruno Mars (…

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We take a look at this month’s tattoo artist spotlight: Jon Nibset from Rumford, Maine, who uses his tattooing skills to help raise funds for the fight against cancer.
Jon Nisbet – a premier tattoo artist …

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“A tattoo will be on your body forever,” were the fond words of advice that my mother offered to me when I was heading out to the tattoo parlor for my very first tattoo upon turning the age of 18 – where I also promptly bought a pack of smokes, a lottery ticket and registered to vote; how rebellious, right? As if any person thinks that a tattoo …

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So you want full sleeve tattoos with curvaceous designs, colors and intricate line work – the whole nine yards, huh? I’ve got a large part of my body tattooed, including two full sleeves and my entire back, and have spent well over 200 hours under the gun in the process of doing so. My full sleeve tattoos were done using the freehand method with points of reference that were marked on my arms and back prior to the needle hitting …

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Tommy Lee set a new, mile-high record this year for flying 45,000 feet in the air while getting penetrated … with a tattoo needle.

Mario Barth of Starlight Tattoo gave the infamous drummer a black and gray tattoo of a peacock on his thigh as they flew from Burbank to Miami aboard a private jet (Tommy’s). The stunt landed Lee and Barth in the Guinness Book of World Records for “First-Ever to Perform a Tattoo in High Altitude.” Barth, whose client …

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From the margins to the mainstream – attitudes toward tattooing and piercing from the late 1950s to the present day.

“…Scars of self-harm, tattooing and body piercing are often associated with diagnosis of personality disorders or substance misuse.”

You can’t judge a book by its cover. Or can you? The practice of cosmetic alteration of the body, as ancient a human practice though it may be, has gone through peaks and troughs of popularity in the modern world. A trend of the …

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The world of tattoos has always been associated with the divisive, the weird, and the unusual. The wayward comparisons have softened over the years, with tattoos consistently inking mainstream society, however the remnants of the past are hard to erase entirely.

In honor of the bizarre history of the tattoo industry, we discovered the most amazing tattoo and piercing stunts ever completed by human beings as listed (or soon to be listed) in the Guinness Book of World …

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