MASHPEE — Kerri Helme, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, can often be found practicing traditional, Indigenous tattooing out of her New Bedford apartment — a cozy capsule that sits on East ...

Please also note that I do not claim to be a professional tattooer. I was under strict supervision and followed all safety and sanitation protocols while in the studio. Do not try this stuff if you do ...

Rios’s practice began on silicon skin and eventually developed into practicing tattooing on herself. “I wanted to get my hands on real skin, so I started practicing on myself, and that was definitely ...

Researchers had long understood that tattooing was a cultural practice in Nubia, a region along the Nile. However, poor ...

You’ve heard of a triple nipple, but this woman has eight extras — all made of ink. Tattoo artist Vicky Martin has, for the past 15 years, specialized in tattooing nipples on breast cancer survivors ...

Advertisements posted around Mexico City read “Be beautiful 24/7” and “Always ready to go out!” The flyers show women wearing makeup so perfect it looks like it was Photoshopped onto their faces, but ...

Angelica Martinez, unfortunately, knows what can happen when you go to an unlicensed tattoo artist. When she was too young to legally walk into a tattoo parlor, she went to a guy's filthy apartment to ...