Getting a tattoo generally involves some pain, but the location and your personal tolerance will affect how much it hurts. Getting tattooed on an area with little fat, many nerve endings, or thin skin ...

One of the most vital parts of getting inked is deciding where this art will live on your body…forever. (Tattoos are basically permanent, after all.) A few factors to consider when considering tattoo ...

Tattoo pain will vary depending on your age, sex, and pain threshold. The most painful spots to get a tattoo are your ribs, spine, fingers, and shins. The least painful spots to get a tattoo are your ...

On a hot July evening when I was 18 years old, I lay naked from the waist up on the hardwood floor of a home studio. My back was sticky with sweat, and I could feel the beat of rhythmic music through ...

When Elicia Santo Tomas prepared to move back home to Guam, after spending the last 15 years in San Francisco, she marked this period of her life in the most permanent way possible: with a tattoo. She ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- If getting a tattoo isn't adventurous enough for you, a business in San Francisco's Inner Sunset gives customers a chance to choose a design in a jaw-droppingly random way. Esteban ...