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The curse of the tattooed ex was well-known in 18th-century Japan.
Court ruling casts shadow on Japan’s tattoo industry.
Doctors are taught how to treat skin cancer – but not necessarily how to empathise with those who have it.
For thousands of years, tattoos have been indicative of the passage from girlhood to womanhood, of female power and female beauty.
The law isn’t clear on whether someone can even consent to eyeball tattoos, skin implants, tongue splitting or ear pointing.
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Japanese tattoos have been popular in the UK since King George V. But things are different in Japan.
From images of knives to cupcakes, foodies are increasingly etching their identity on their skin. And for chefs, tattoos are markers of non-conformity, self promotion and resilience, as a new book testifies.
No amount of whittling down dating criteria to glasses, beards, or tattoos will allow you to bypass the simple fact that finding someone takes work.
Tattoos often seem like a good idea in the moment, but tattoo regret is common. There is good reason, not the least of which is infection.
Of the 49 inks tested, only four complied with the European standards. Carcinogens were found in more than one-fifth of the samples, and in 83% of the black inks.
Copyright and trademark law mean that the body art inked into your skin may leave you open to an infringement lawsuit.
Now in its 70th year, the Scottish capital’s arts spectacular is almost as big as the Olympics.
Delving into the graphic past of tattoos.
There’s something every Scot should know about those caterwauling pipes.
Scarification is becoming a popular alternative to tattooing — but there is one big difference.
Tattoos are a part of mainstream culture and an everyday expression of our aesthetic impulses. That wasn’t always the case, and the history of the tattoo lets us chart changing ideas about the human body.
Evolutionary biologists argue that we humans climbed to the pinnacle of our mammalian tree as a result of a penchant for sun and sex. And that our human prowess was guided, if not driven by our adaptation…
How far are consumers ready to go to show their love to brands? As the BBC recently noted, tattoos representing brands are getting more and more common. But why? And what does it tells us about the psychology…
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