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Religious tattoos represent beginning of body art

April 22, 2014

No matter what events are happening around the country, religious tattoos, particularly those representing the Christian faith, continue to be popular. The imagery also gives young men and women a chance...

Picture series of tattooed seniors

April 21, 2014

For those of us that argue the long-lasting beauty of tattoos, a photo series from The Huffington Post of tattooed seniors may help prove the point that body art came remain good-looking long beyond...

Denver police department to evaluate tattoo policy

April 15, 2014

After the news of new army regulations, the issue of regulating tattoos has been debated in many organizations. In Colorado, the Denver police department began surveying its officers to decide how to move...

Indian men enamored by street tattoos

April 14, 2014

While studies flood the media about the dangers of getting unprofessional tattoos, New Delhi's old quarter in India is flooded with young men willing to take the risk to ink their girlfriend's names, gods...

Tattoo removal more popular with rise of tattoos

April 10, 2014

It's no secret that the popularity of tattoos has grown over the years. But with the rise in the number of people getting tattooed comes a rise in the number of them that want tattoos removed, according...

Supporters get tattoos to remember Boston Marathon bombing

April 9, 2014

After the Boston Marathon Bombing last April, thousands of people worked to find a way to show support to the victims. However, the addition of memorial tattoos to the Boston Marathon memorial shows how...

Stick-and-poke tattoos gaining popularity

April 9, 2014

The practice of giving yourself and others tattoos using a needle and some ink is not new. However, according to Pitt News, the trend has seen a growth in popularity among today's college students who...

Tattoos can disguise signs of skin cancer

April 7, 2014

While no studies have concluded that tattoos cause skin cancer, a new study by Nicolas Kluger shows that tattoos can play in a large role in the detection, or failure of, signs of melanoma on the skin,...

Half-sleeve tattoos OK’d by army

April 7, 2014

A lot of confusion has surrounded the changing tattoo regulations in the army over the past year. However, it appears as if the policy, Army Regulation 670-1, came to some kind of final state when it was...

Lawmaker’s looking at restricting minor tattoos

April 4, 2014

Social workers have seen an increase in the number of tattoos on children under the age of 18 with parental consent, according to FOX 47 News.  "I find it very troubling we'd allow a hole in the law...

Tattoo film premieres in Boulder

April 3, 2014

Last fall, 218 volunteers in Boulder had various phrases and punctuation tattooed on their bodies as part of a rising film project. Despite some obstacles with participants moving away, the film for the...

New numbers on tattoo regret

New numbers on tattoo regret

April 3, 2014

With the increased popularity of tattoos, many studies have been done about the rate of regret or fear that the ink will look bad later in life. According to The Daily Mail, about 4 in 10 people regret...

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