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Tattoos
A roundup of the myriad of tattoo trends we’ve done. Slow news day? We’ve been saved more than once from an ever-relevant interesting tattoo trend. Although we can’t say we’ve ever known anyone who’s ever gotten one of these.
Last Updated
May 17, 2008
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Tooth Tattoos
Culture Buzz The tooth artists at Heward Dental Lab can create custom handpainted artwork on your teeth. We don't really see the point, except they're kind of cute, and definitely less embarrassing than that dancing bears tattoo you got in high school. (Thanks for the tip!)
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Vaccination Tattoos
Science Buzz Tattooing is a more effective method for delivering DNA vaccines than intramuscular injection, a new German study finds. Oh cool! Now you can get that HPV vaccine at the same time as your tramp stamp. Two birds, one stone!
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To-Do Tattoo
Style Buzz A temporary tattoo for the lists you write on your hands. For all you Getting Things Done adherents, this may be your most immediate possible action list - always at hand.
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3D Tattoos
Culture Buzz Examples of realistically-detailed tattoos, like this one of Maddox Jolie-Pitt. We're really admiring the impressive chiaroscuro on these 3D tattoos. It's like the white trash version of the Renaissance.
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Foodie Tattoos
Culture Buzz A roundup of awesome food tattoos. Umm yeah. There was no real reason for doing this trend except that some of these tattoos are pretty cute and weird, and also, we were hungry.
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Braille Tattoos
Style Buzz Surgically implanted tattoos: Cool looking, informative, and yet kinda creepy. The designer behind the idea says they are an "opportunity for blind people to have a meaningful body alteration." We imagined we'd just keep running our fingers over it obsessively if we got one.
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Prison Tattoos
Style Buzz In David Cronenberg's award-winning new Russian mafia movie, "Eastern Promises," Viggo Mortensen sports 43 tattoos his character has acquired in prison. The film has rekindled interest in the elaborate codes of meaning carried by prison tattoos.
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Moustache Tattoos
Style Buzz Finger moustache tattoos (fingerstaches) are tattoos that even your mom could approve of. The trend reportedly got its start sometime in 2003, but was spread like a virus ever since. Is it the low barrier to entry? The funny/surprise element? Or an underlying love of both tattoos and moustaches?
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Geek Tattoos
Style Buzz Tattoos aren't as tough as they used to be. Everyone's getting inked these days, and that includes members of the pocket-protector set, who have been branding their bodies with double helices, periodic tables, marine animals, and even specialty tats which appear only under black lights.
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Easily Removable Tattoo Ink
Culture Buzz New tattoo ink can be removed with one easy laser procedure. Nothing says "I love you" like getting your true love's name emblazoned across your body. Using "smart permanent" tattoo ink says "I kind of love you, for now atleast," and is a much safer option.
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Home Tattooing
Culture Buzz Home tattooing kit for kids. It'll be a true wonder if your kid doesn't turn out like Cory Kennedy. The younguns these days are reading books about gay penguins, fondling dildo-shaped aquapets, and now giving each other tattoos with the GR8 TaT2 Maker.
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