When I turned 18, my tattoo-obsessed dad took me to get my first ink. I got the words "live by love" tattooed across my chest, and years later, I don't like it. I won't get it removed, however, ...

I avoided getting my first tattoo for seven years because I didn't feel ready. I learned that gender dysphoria was keeping me from feeling comfortable in my skin. My transition freed me from that ...

Then my husband died, and I understood why someone would want to permanently mark their bodies. When I was in my mid-50s, I got my first tattoo as a memorial for my husband. "Can you replicate this ...

"I got razzed so bad in the WWE for that tattoo," the actor shared on 'Live with Kelly and Mark' Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is ...

Over the years, I've amassed 12 tattoos. And now, I'm removing every single one of them. Like lots of people flexing their newfound independence, I got my first tattoo — a tiny cross on my hip bone — ...

Getting a semicolon tattoo with my son was a way to honor the grief and challenges we'd endured. We decided to add my parents' ashes to the ink so they'd always be with us. This tattoo marked a step ...

That lasting sense of connection is exactly what makes travel tattoos so meaningful for some. "A tattoo becomes the ultimate ...

Burdeaux is a musician and lives in North Park. In February 1988, in the front yard of a single-family home in Santa Ana, a soon-to-be dad planted a loblolly pine tree. His wife was in the yard with ...

The Chinese language is difficult, and perhaps no one has struggled more with it than the inkers and bearers of America’s Chinese-character tattoos. Most infamous was probably the tattoo on Britney ...