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Ear Piercings and Kids: What You Need to Know

What should you consider before getting your child’s ears (or anything else) pierced? We get straight to the, er, point.

NEVER consider getting a tattoo if you don’t know these 4 things!

Tattoos look beautiful, don’t they? All that charming body art adorning the likes of Usher, Chris Brown, and Rihanna. Of course, you could have fancied having one sitting on your skin too. But wait…what if you have got psoriasis? Psoriasis – an autoimmune condition – results in unhealthy coagulation of cells on your skin. These […]

How to Minimize the Pain of Getting a Tattoo

Getting a tattoo will never be a walk in the park, but it can be less painful if you take a few simple precautions.

Home Remedies to Remove Corns on the Finger

Home Remedies to Remove Corns on the Finger. If you have an annoying area of thick skin on your finger, you may be suffering from hyperkeratosis. This is the medical term for a corn, dead cells that forms when your finger is subjected to repeated friction. The core of the corn may put pressure on a nerve, causing intense pain. According to...

If Humans Shed So Much Dead Skin, How Are Tattoos Permanent?

Your body is constantly throwing off dead skin cells—a million every day. So how come tattoos don't fall off with them? It turns out, your body's immune system tries to get rid of the ink under your skin, but in the process, it makes those marks permanent, as this video from TED-Ed explains.

Tattoo regret: How many people are removing their ink?

See how far laser technology has come, you might just be able to erase it completely.

A little-known problem with tattoos: The ink can complicate breast cancer screening

Tattoos are not linked to breast cancer, but they are linked to misleading mammograms.

48 free tattoo fonts for your body art

Be inspired by these free tattoo fonts that you can put to use in your body art designs.

Abdominal Body Fat Gains on ART and Viral Load: It Matters Where You Start

Gains in abdominal body fat and other types of lipodystrophy can be one side effect of ART. New research gives insight into one potential cause.

What getting a tattoo looks like in super slow motion

If you ever wondered what getting a tattoo feels like, just watch this super slow motion video showing up close shots of the tattoo needle relentlessly stabbing people's skin over and over again so that the ink sets underneath. It's hypnotic and rhythmic actually, if you're the type to enjoy seeing skin bounce up and down like jello and like to think about pain and your own mortality every now and again.

Sunburned on purpose? See the so-called body art

Sunscreen is meant to block the rays of the sun, but some adventurous folks are selectively applying it to create designs on the human body.

The Daydreaming Effects in Art: A Reminiscent Journey With Amy Sol

Amy Sol affirms the effects of daydreaming in her art as the genesis of her craft, allowing her mind to wander and conjure ideas.

30 Amazing Tattoos That Transform When People Move Their Bodies

You Can Now Get A Tattoo That Will Disappear In A Year.

You Can Now Get A Tattoo That Will Disappear In A Year Or Less. It’s a tattoo with out the I Do. A tattoo without commitment is so 2021 and is perfect for people that want to change things up

Woman is raising £12,000 to remove excess skin after losing half her body weight

'I thought losing weight would make me happier but the loose skin has destroyed my confidence.'

Tattoos: It's Never Too Late for Body Art

What to consider and where to go if you want to get inked