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Meet tattooist who turns people's scars into art

Meet tattooist who turns people's scars into art

Hanoi artist Tran Bich Ngoc helps people with scars cover them up with tattoos.

Permanent ink draws Vietnamese youth

Permanent ink draws Vietnamese youth

Influenced by foreign culture, Vietnamese are growing accustomed to having their bodies tattooed.

The boy with telephone number tattoo

The boy with telephone number tattoo

It is virtually unheard in Vietnam that parents decide to get a tattoo for a teenager. That too, of their phone numbers.

September 30, 2019 | 06:57 pm PT

Tattooed and proud: Chinese women peel away stigmas

Tattooed and proud: Chinese women peel away stigmas

Once the mark of criminals or sex workers, for centuries tattoos have been stigmatised in China but the growing influence of celebrity culture is changing all that.

December 25, 2017 | 08:42 pm PT

Artist creates tattoos you can hear

Artist creates tattoos you can hear

Tattoo artist Nate Siggard inks audio soundwaves onto people's skin, allowing them to listen to music or a loved one's voice via an app.

May 16, 2017 | 07:34 pm PT

How generation body art has got under our skin

How generation body art has got under our skin

Timothee clenches his jaw and grips his sweatshirt as the tattooist's needle sinks into his skin. The angel he wants on his shoulder is not going to get there by itself. He is going to have to suffer for his body art.

February 24, 2016 | 02:45 am PT

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