The last weekend of September 2009 was a memorable one for East London. There were hundreds of tattoo and body artists from all over the globe attending and performing their trade from traditional Nordic facial tattoos applied with a chisel and hammer to heart-stopping full body designs ranging from Eastern mystic creatures to science fiction [...]

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No matter how much I try, I cannot think of the rather sexy Ms Jackson’s choice of body art without having a flashback to that rather fortunate (do I mean unfortunate?) TV moment. It appears many of us have a similar affliction so I have taken it upon myself to try to change my mindset [...]

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British soccer superstar David Beckham loves Prison Break. So much so that he got a Michael Scofield-style sleeve tattoo. Spreading from his upper arm to his wrist, the arm sleeve tattoo surrounds a previous cherub tattoo on his upper arm. The additions took six hours to complete, a couple of hours longer than it took [...]

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Birthmarks are marks on the skin that we are born with. They come in various formats and should always be checked as they can become malignant or indicate an underlying condition.
Port wine or strawberry marks are red in colour and involve an unusual development of the blood vessels just under the skin. They are usually [...]

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Tattooing has been used for many different purposes through the ages. It has not only been seen as a way of decorating one’s body, but as a means of protection against evil, as a way of identifying oneself, and even at one point as a way of sending secret messages during war. Here are some [...]

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Another very popular design for tattoos is one based on your horoscope sign. There are 12 zodiac signs which depend on when you were born. The zodiac has also been the subject of a frenzy of fabulous full body art that is painted on. The results are staggeringly awe inspiring but unfortunately the designs are [...]

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I have been looking at designing my own tattoo and I would like one that has some meaning but is abstract. I think I want something that means something that is relevant to me that is neither a picture nor in writing.
I started out looking at Japanese and Chinese sayings and symbols. I like the [...]

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My kid wants a tattoo. Ok, he’s not really a kid, he’s in his late teens and he really wants a tattoo. My first thought is one of immense gratitude that he is discussing it with me; my second thought is that I want him to have a safe tattoo and my third is that [...]

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Usually when we think of cover-up tattoos we think of an old lover whose name was tattooed in a moment of madness on some part of the body (usually highly visible) only to be regretted after the relationship suddenly ended. This is somewhat of a cliche and most often not the case.

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Over the past year, white ink tattoos have become popular. Celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Kate Moss have adopted the trend, and many of their fans have followed suit.

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