For generations, tattoos have served as both a rite of passage and a record of service for members of the military.

New Orleans’ only Black woman tattoo shop owner, Malaika Mecca Burke, shares her journey from post-Katrina volunteer to ...

Finding an ink-free service member is infinitely more rare than the alternative, but that is a relatively new phenomenon.

Permanent tattoos are the strongest form of self-expression, which is there for centuries. There are many reasons why people get tattoos, but over the past few years the trend of memorial tattoos ...

People often get tattoos not only as a way to express their personalities but also to remember their deceased family members (even pet), and friends in the form of memorial or remembrance tattoos.

Memorial tattoos, which can include names, portraits and special artwork, are common in his line of work, but there’s been an increase in requests due to the pandemic.

Since tattoo parlors reopened after lockdowns, inkers have found that many people are eager to memorialize relatives and friends lost to the pandemic.

Rob Ward shows his Pulse remembrance tattoo, featuring a rainbow pulse symbol coming from the nightclub's logo, for Orlando Sentinel on Thursday, June 10, 2021.

The passing of a loved one can be utterly devastating. Grief is all-encompassing, and for some, it never really goes away. Tattoos present a unique way to cope with the grief. “Memorial tattoos ...

When she was leading a support group a few years ago, University of Waterloo researcher and social worker Susan Cadell noticed that many in the group were getting tattoos to memorialize their lost ...

At Tattoo Tribe in Newark, 30-year-old Miguel Prada, who said he took over the business several years ago, guessed about 30 to 40 percent of his customers come in for memorial tattoos.

HUMANS have marked their bodies with tattoos for more than 5,000 years, from the famous Iceman who was carbon-dated at around 5,200 years old, to royal Egyptian women, and Soldiers fighting in the ...