Dermal piercing tattoos — also known as microdermal piercings and single point piercings — can be used as unique piercings that complement tattoos, or piercings used as the tattoo itself. For instance ...

A tattoo is created when an artist inserts ink, with the help of a needle, into the layer of skin known as the dermis. This changes the skin’s pigment and can be used to create almost any image ...

Young women are much more likely to go for a belly-button or tongue stud, while men opt more often for tribal tats on the biceps or back in what has become a coming-of-age ritual visit to the tattoo ...

Becoming a parent might not seem like the most obvious time to get new ink or a new piercing, but it’s actually a fairly common reaction. “A lot of new parents find themselves feeling like, ‘This ...

Having a unique look can make or break a career in the world of modeling. While many companies embrace body modifications and other colorful forms of self-expression, some prefer that a model’s ...

Friends who get stabbed together, stay together. What bonds people quite like staring down a needle or a buzzing magic pen that will put permanent ink into your skin? There are scientific terms for ...

With more Americans getting inked and pierced, companies and employees are starting to rethink workplace policies and the impact tattoos and piercings have on job prospects. In 2012, the Center for ...

Contemporary adolescent and young adult culture has embraced tattoing and body piercing, ostensibly as a form of self-expression. It seems that if not tattooed themselves, there are very few degrees ...