"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We all remember our very first tattoo—or at least the one that fills us with regret to this day. Tattoos, ...

If it’s simply a bad tattoo, there’s the possibility of incorporating the old lines into a new tattoo. It’s a matter of playing with the highlights, the shading, and the color of your existing tattoo ...

Tattoos can be really great: they allow you to express yourself, honor someone or something special, or represent who you are as a person. Tattoos can also go wrong. Ever made a hasty decision on a ...

When you're getting a tattoo, it's hard to imagine there will ever be a day when you'll want to cover it up. But if an occasion does wind up calling for it, there are ways to temporarily disguise your ...

We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Covering up a tattoo is an art — one that typically requires professional makeup artists to mix up custom ...

"When it comes to a cover-up, a general rule of thumb is that the design will usually be twice as big and twice as dark, depending on a variety of factors from the original tattoo," Jazmin Paulino, a ...

If you have mixed feelings about your tattoo design, cover-up tattoos are a popular option to fix the design and transform it into something new. Call it a bad decision or simply ageing badly (both ...

Tattoos have a long and storied history that date back thousands of years. They have been applied for decoration, symbolism, rites of passage, religious devotion, status, fertility, talismans, ...

Tattoo artist Ruby Gore tattoos the outline of a giant harpy eagle onto her mentee, Selena Barnish, on May 16, 2025. Note: This story touches on the topic of self-harm. If you or someone you know is ...