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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pain-free tattoos? The company Micro Biomedical, backed by a study at the Georgia Institute of Technology, says it's developed painless and bloodless tattoos that can be self-administered. After all, ...

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 ...