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Tattoos

A tattoo is a type of body modification where ink is inserted into the skin layers to change the pigment. These permanent markings are considered as a form of body art. In the UK you have to be 18-years-old to get a tattoo.


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People are just realising meaning behind Drake's new face tattoo – and they're baffled
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Drake has just been snapped with the words ‘miskeen’ running across his eyebrow a day after his new album was released. And it means two very different things across the world
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Tattoo model risks major wardrobe mishap as she dares to try sling bikini trend
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Model Pandora Blue is known for getting steamy on Instagram where she boasts over 550,000 followers. She recently left fans hot under the collar as she dared to try out a seriously risky swimwear trend
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Woman unrecognisable after spending £150k on tattoos 'to look like cyborg'
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Lina Lorenzen, a tattoo artist and model, has admitted to spending a whopping £150,000 on 200 tattoos and body modifications to look like a "cyborg" – but she's not done yet
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'We got our vaginas tattooed – one artist even went down on me mid-inking'
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These women love getting inked so much that they opted to get their vaginas inked – bar one who had a rather different intimate experience in the tattoo chair
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Tattooed gran dubbed 'breathtaking' as she strips off to flaunt colourful bod
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Tattoed gran Kerstin Tristan took to her Instagram page to show her 190,000 followers just how colourful her body is. She stripped totally naked to show off her €30,000 (£25,000) ink collection
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Inmates unrecognisable after jail – like bank robber who tattooed face and eyelids
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From a bank robber who covered his own face in tattoos from a cell to a woman who slimmed down after being released from a notorious Columbian jail, meet the people who underwent unrecognisable prison inspired transformations
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Brits who got barmy tattoos of their favourite politicians – from Farage to Bojo
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From a roofer who paid homage to Donald Trump to a mum who "felt like a teenager" when she showed off her tattoo to Nigel Farage, meet the Brits who had famous politicians inked on them
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Student unrecognisable after 'monster' transformation with split tongue and black eyes
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Adult star and tattoo artist Orylan has forked out more than $55,000 on extreme body modifications and tattoos but recently shocked fans by revealing what she used to look like
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Dad with 96% of body inked shows entire back tattooed in gruesome clip
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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT BELOW: Remy, from Canada, shared a clip of the tattoo process as he inked the area once again. The dad has spent thousands on his body art
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'Satanic' MS-13 gang leader dubbed 'apostle of the devil' accused of 'directing murder'
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An alleged MS-13 kingpin and one of the 'twelve apostles of the devil' who trained thugs to use IEDs and rocket launchers has been indicted for a litany of terrorism charges in the US
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Mysterious tribe tattoo secret word all over their bodies to show faith
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Members of a strange religious sect that have been tattooing their entire bodies with the name of their god for over a century are beginning to abandon their bizarre tradition
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Love Island Games host Maya Jama shows off secret matching tattoo with besties
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Love Island superstar Maya Jama has showed off a secret matching tattoo she had done on her wrist for fans on Instagram after star shares “horrifying” portaloo poo story
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'I'm addicted to tattoos but pregnancy will change me – it'll be no ink for nine months'
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EXCLUSIVE: Britain's most tattooed mum has over 800 inkings but is planning to stop her 20 plus years of getting body art as she is trying to get pregnant – with her eighth child
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Tattoo model branded ‘sexiest woman alive’ shows 'cannons' in 'chillin, killin' pose
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Tattoo model and adult content creator, Kels, from the US, who has recently been showing off her baby bump and called MILF, has been branded a 'dream woman' on Instagram
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Bloke claims he got 'Shrek' tattooed on forehead in 'worst idea ever'
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Harry Brown paid a visit to tattoo artist, Will Thomson to supposedly get the Shrek logo tattooed across his forehead. However, many people were left floored by his decision
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Man with 96% of body inked gets new tattoo – and fans call him 'toughest dad on Earth'
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Remy, from Canada, has spent thousands on his tattoo journey where he's currently working on a never-seen before inking. And he's shown that he's far from over...
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Tattooed gran shares snap from nine years ago – when she was fresh-faced without ink
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Tattooed gran Kerstin Tristan looked so different before she splashed out £25,000 on dozens of colourful inkings. Check out one of her rare throwback snaps here
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'Britain's most tattooed woman' strips to lace lingerie as she flaunts £35k ink
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Britain's most tattooed woman, also known as Becky Holt, put on quite a stunning show as she wowed in the lingerie set. She shared the photo with her 154,000 followers
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'I'm branded a devil worshipper over my £120k tattoos – but people make common mistake'
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EXCLUSIVE: This tattoo-loving dominatrix revealed that people judge her on her pricey ink collection and often assume that she's interested into Satanic activities – but they couldn't be more wrong
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Tattoo model gives fans reason to be 'thankful' as she transforms into sexy cowgirl
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Model Pandora Blue is known for getting steamy on Instagram where she boasts over 550,000 followers. She recently left fans hot under the collar as she transformed into a saucy cowgirl
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Tattoo model flaunts ink that covers 98% of skin in seriously sexy microbikini
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Tattoo model Amber Luke isn't shy about flaunting her bold inking collection that sprawls across her entire body – and she recently posed in a teeny bikini
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Tattoo babe flashes bum in maid costume as she asks fans what she can clean up
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Model Pandora Blue is known for getting steamy on Instagram where she boasts over 550,000 followers. She recently left fans hot under the collar as she transformed into a saucy maid
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Adult star with 'choke me' throat tattoo snubbed at parties as people 'scared' of her
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A heavily-tattooed adult star says people make assumptions about her because of her tattoos – thinking that she's a lot more aggressive, and a lot kinkier, than she really is
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Tattooed gran dubbed 'wonder woman' as she pulls down undies to flash intimate ink
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Tattoed gran Kerstin Tristan took to her Instagram page to show her 190,000 followers just how colourful her body is. She even pulled down her undies to tease her intimate inking
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