One way to honor loved ones or family members in tattooing is with a design that is made from people's initials. This is much more discrete and flexible than a full name or much less complicated than doing a portrait.

While it seems like more and more celebrities are still jumping on the tattooed bandwagon, the number of them getting significant pieces of ink removed is also increasing. Has Hollywood's taste for tattooing topped out?

If you've saw the movie INCEPTION in 2010 or WARRIORS in 2011, then you've seen actor Tom Hardy. Not only is he an actor who's breaking big on the movie scene, he's a tattoo enthusiast whose collecting passion is escalating.

While body art used to be viewed as an impediment to an actor's profession, it's no longer a stigma to have tattoos or body piercings. In fact, some actors take their work so seriously that they actually get body art done to portray a character.

A question from a reader asks if it's okay for a tattoo artist to reuse the same needle to tattoo two people who know each other. Learn why even if you think you know the other person, you should absolutely not allow your tattooist to do this!

Have you ever talked to someone who told you how they were unhappy with their body art? Is that something you yourself have worried about when you think about getting a tattoo or piercing? Take a look at some of the reasons for why people become dissatisfied with their body art.

Once upon a time, people hardly gave a thought to what metals or materials their earrings were made from, but with the growth in popularity of body piercing and ethnic-inspired ear piercings, that's not the case anymore. Learn how to choose the right metal or material for your earrings.

While it may seem fun to get some body art on the spur of the moment while on vacation, it's really a lot safer to wait until you get home to memorialize your experience on your body.

For some, the month of November is Movember, a month of using facial hair to raise awareness for a variety of health issues that effect men. So grow those Mo's and (literally) help change the face of men's heath.

Hair grows, you can do stuff to it and then cut it off and it grows back. Seems simple enough, right? Wrong. Hair and the battle over what is "right" and what is "wrong" about it is a conflict as old as fashion itself.