Any tattoo can fade, but ink on five body parts, in particular, can fade much easier than others, according to tattoo artist and parlor owner Syd Smith.

For thousands of years, tattoos have allowed us to view the body as our canvas. Either as adornment or camouflage, they function as permanent reminders of the art that really matters to us. Someone’s ...

symbolized honor, achievement, and beauty. Tattooing is a reiteration of “by [my] wounds, [I] am healed.” —personal notes from the evening I got my first tattoo in 2022 Our bodies carry stories and ...