A little more about Tattoo Expo in Seattle (a chunky slide show attached to this one); also, another tattoo expo in Mexico next week.

Two articles focused on the local industry – new laws and fees in NM and the art and business of tattoos in CT.

Ever since the results of the survey about tattoo removal were published, there’s more and more articles in ‘think before you ink’ and ‘tattoo regret’ vein. ‘Tattoo craze fading…’ from India and ‘Tattoos everywhere; women stigmatized’ from Jamaica follow this ‘trend’.

‘To tattoo or not to tattoo? That’s a business question’ turned out to be surprisingly good to read and contains some sound advice on the subject at that.

And a piece of advice from Spain – ‘better to get tattooed in wintertime’.