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.

Advice on tattoo aftercare is plentiful, and sometimes confusing. Tattoo artists and dermatologists weigh in on what you should do. By Isabella Kwai The new tattoo may be of an unfurling script, a ...

As we age, skin changes, chronic health conditions, and medications can affect how tattoos heal and raise the risk of infection. Older adults need to consider the health risks before getting tattoos.

On a recent afternoon in a family room on the fifth floor of the Bruyère Health Centretown campus in Chinatown — formerly St.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tattoo artist Bryan Childs works on longtime client Jim Dees of Tennessee at Spidermonkey Tattoos in downtown Olympia on Tuesday.