Celebs love flaunting their newest little tattoos as much as any well-accessorized outfit, and we can't blame them. The ...

Women get tattoos mainly for personal expression, emotional healing, and marking life milestones. Many use body art to process trauma, boost confidence, and challenge beauty standards.

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Less than a month on from National Tattoo Day, the U.S. is today celebrating “the advanced procedure of laser tattoo removal”.

Harris, the librarian, worked in corporate technology sales before her library science degrees and tattoos. Her only visible body art was a nose stud, but she voluntarily removed it while at work.

Medical tattoos serve a purpose bigger than body art Medical tattoos can assist in radiation therapy, post-mastectomy recovery, concealing skin disorders and more.

Body art has become increasingly common in high schools throughout the country. But as tattoos become more popular among teens, many parents worry about infection, and regret.

In the sci-fi novel “The Diamond Age” by Neal Stephenson, body art has evolved into “constantly shifting mediatronic tattoos” – in-skin displays powered by nanotech robopigments. In the ...