Holiday henna warning in the UK (more…) As serious and certainly painful for the boy involved it is, the ‘tattoo’ and its pictures seem kind of weird to me – slightly different positioning of the tattoo in different pictures etc. Also, help and advice on henna tattoos.

Home-made tattoos are risky, too. And, obviously, they actually happen – a teenage amateur ‘tattoo artist’ got fined for tattooing two underage girls.

Once you are tattooed, you can get banned from showing them off in public places – Japanese water parks banning people with tattoos from entering premises. And it really isn’t as outrageous as it sounds.

Two articles about women and tattoos – life at the sharp end shows a few female tattoo artists in the industry and the best female tattoo designs.

NYC’s first tattoo museum is supposed to be open this summer.

Maybe the craziness is starting now? A German sportswoman with ‘Olympic rings’ tattoo and a Chinese guy with ‘Olympic torch‘ tattoo on his forehead.