This is Jud Winters, a tattoo artist from Nampa, Idaho. This is a fairly recent photo, but now Jud is laying in the University of Utah’s Burn Center with over 90% of his skin burned from a bonfire accident. Doctors have given him a 30% chance of survival, and he has to undergo 2 surgeries [...]

There’s been a lot of news stories that affect our community this year - particularly arsons and robberies against a lot of tattoo shops. Below are some of the most notable news articles from 2008, some of which got heavy media attention. NIU Shooters’ Tattoos in Spotlight
TSA policies/woman forced to remove nipple piercingsTeacher Took Underage [...]

“One drawback - or appeal, depending on how you look at it - to dermal anchors [is that] they’re basically permanent. But, because the part that goes under your skin is made of titanium, which is the same material used to make replacement joints and plates used for repairing bone breaks, you shouldn’t have to [...]

Question: Okay, on the 26th of December I got a labret piercing. The back piece that holds the piercing in place I believe is inside of my lip. A friend of mine told me to leave it alone because the back piece should just “pop out” YEAH NO. Every day the hole that was once [...]

This was a big year for record breaking! Several artists attempted to break records for the most tattoos in a period of time or the longest tattoo sessions. Here are the ones that succeeded!Mario Barth Does First In-Flight Tattoo
March – 577 tattoos in 24 hours by Robbie Koch Earns $20K for Make-A-Wish Foundation [...]

Piercings are everywhere. Seeing a piercing — whether on a bellybutton, eyebrow, lip, nose or cheek — has become an everyday occurrence. This fast-growing trend among teenagers creates an outlet for self-expression, but it doesn’t come without a downside.
The safety risks and effects on everyday life that come along with a piercing are not [...]

Question: “I was wondering if you would know why all of a sudden [my clitoral hood piercing] would start to hurt? I have had it for about 2 months and now it is sorta irritating like sometime it hurts to touch it softly but if you apply more pressure its fine. Or not to be [...]

According to javno and Electric News, two Indonesian men were hoping to get a job when their tribal chief told them about a recruiter that had texted him with an opportunity for Intelligence agents. They were told that they had to get facial tattoos in order to do undercover missions, but then after getting them [...]

“I just got my first tattoo yesterday and i want to make sure that it will heal well. I had been told to wash the tattoo with warm water and after that carefully dry the tattoo and put a very thin appliance of Vaseline on it. I did those things and went to bed without [...]

This week, two tattoo shops were broken into and subsequently vandalized, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. Also noteworthy this week is the stir it caused when a former D.C. council member was arrested for starting a fist fight in a tattoo shop with one of the employees. On a positive note, one shop [...]