A person took to Threads to ask why, statistically, Gen X-ers don't get tattoos as much as Millennials do. Gen X had answers.

When tattoos first emerged in the 1800s, they were considered a sign of being a criminal or deviant. Today, they are increasingly commonplace. According to one estimate, 38 percent of adults between ...

It's commonly said that tattoos can put you at higher risk for certain diseases or interfere with medical procedures, but, in ...

Anyone over 40 years of age likely remembers an era when a tattoo communicated that you had done time in prison, the navy, or a circus. Much has changed since then. Tattoos now appear on people from ...

Mulvaney, who has been inking clients for 12 years, admits she rarely turns down tattoo requests. The only exception is hate speech-related designs, which she refuses to do without hesitation. Beyond ...

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.