Watching the small needle pierce her 18-year-old daughter's navel was a striking moment for Dr. Cora Breuner.That afternoon in late spring, her daughter finally got the jeweled belly button ring she ...

GOING to a piercing or tattoo studio is a very different process than having your hair cut or your manicure polished up before an event. Tipping for a tattoo or piercing is actually fairly similar – ...

A tattoo is created when an artist inserts ink, with the help of a needle, into the layer of skin known as the dermis. This changes the skin’s pigment and can be used to create almost any image ...

Ariana Marciano is adding to her collection of about 75 tattoos at Body Electric, a tattoo and piercing studio on trendy Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. "I think they're so cool and I think they're ...

Becoming a parent might not seem like the most obvious time to get new ink or a new piercing, but it’s actually a fairly common reaction. “A lot of new parents find themselves feeling like, ‘This ...

Tattoos and facial piercings are taboo in the workplace, right? Not so fast. Conventional wisdom is starting to shift. As body modifications become more mainstream and the competition for top talent ...

THEY pierce, they inject, they carve your skin. And in South Africa, it’s perfectly legal. Experts warn that body piercings can ruin your sex life and tattoos can spread disease. Yet, the industry is ...