For whatever reasons, there are some people who think that body art is only appropriate for younger people. However, most of the modifications people make are changes that can easily last a lifetime. And older people who get body art would seem to be happier with their choices...

Summertime weather and special events often come with opportunities for spur-of-the-moment body art. Learn more so that you can make the best choices for you and your family.

Although both types of piercings might be able to appear the same on the skin's surface, they function quite differently. Explore the pros and cons of surface piercings versus microdermals.

Changing the apparent shape or color of the eyebrow is a practice popular with many women, and yet can also be a source of appearance angst and frustration. Learn how eyebrow shape and color can effect how you look.

A reader recently asked if it is possible to find you have side effects several years after taking out a body piercing? When the piercing in questions involves the breasts, the answer is yes.

Interesting things and spontaneous encounters tend to happen when you have technicolor hair. Here's a story about a little old lady who wishes she was blue-haired.

How do you view male circumcision? Is it a religious practice, a form of body art or something that should be illegal unless the person to whom it is done is over the age of eighteen? The city of San Francisco is about to have that debate.

The really tricky thing about tattooing is that since it is a near-permanent process, that just doesn't leave room for error. Here are some tattoo problems for which there are no quick fixes, and sometimes no fix at all.

Although a voluntary recall has been underway for several months, it's only been more recently that broader awareness has arisen that sterile and surgical product company Triad is having problems with contaminated products. Now the FDA has begun a produce seizure to enforce compliance.

Pregnant women shouldn't get their hair dyed, shouldn't get pierced and shouldn't get tattooed. For those looking for a body art boost during this time, their growing bellies offer up a perfect canvas for some painted, temporary body art.