Are the days of enduring pain for tattoos over? For those willing to shell out serious cash, they may be. Though Moon says there's nothing inherently wrong with using general anesthesia for a tattoo, ...

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 ...

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How a tattoo looks years after getting it, how much pain one feels during the process, and how people react to it, all of these factors depend significantly on the placement we choose for the tattoo.

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 ...

Tattoos are taboo to many Jews, but the atrocity of Oct. 7 has changed a lot of minds about how pain leaves its mark. “I’m a nice Jewish boy from New Jersey,” said Todd Elkin, a former Wall Streeter ...

I have 40 tattoos all around my body, and some placements were more painful than others. Shoulder and ankle placements can be uncomfortable and difficult to heal. I barely realized how long it took to ...

My life involves two kinds of needles. The first one is found at hospitals or doctor's offices, a syringe that is used to test my blood, on the continuous quest to find out why my bones always ache ...