Getting your first tattoo rarely happens in a perfectly calm, logical moment. More often, it arrives wrapped in adrenaline and emotion, with the sense that something meaningful is about to happen.

As we age, skin changes, chronic health conditions, and medications can affect how tattoos heal and raise the risk of infection. Older adults need to consider the health risks before getting tattoos.

MY FIRST TATTOO was a little silly, like most early ink. The large-ish piece on my left thigh always raises eyebrows and sparks chin-rubbing when I break out the short shorts. To fans of fourth-wave ...

If someone said there was a tattoo that felt and looked real, but would fade within nine to 15 months, would you try it? I did. In January of 2022, I went to a now-shuttered Brooklyn studio, intending ...

What was once a social taboo, collecting tattoos on one’s body has become a modern day norm. New tattoo shops are coming to ...