tattoos

A recent report on tattoo inks found that nearly half of the inks studied contained chemicals that could cause cancer or lead to cancerous mutations after exposure to UV light.

He's never been a tattoo guy until recently.

We really do have some extremely creative people in Louisiana!

We have some really creative people in Louisiana!

According to the results of our survey, it appears as though folks in Acadiana don't need expensive materialistic objects to make themselves (or the people in their lives) happy.

We thought it would be fun to use social media to ask folks here in Acadiana what would image would they get as their first tattoo or they're next if they already had one.

No ink or needles involved.

She has a really interesting reason for getting them.

New Orleans Saints' RB Alvin Kamara decided to get some ink before the start of the season, and did so in a big way. Kamara just got his entire leg tattooed, and it looks awesome!

Have you ever heard the rumor that the reason Dolly Parton always wears long sleeved shirts is because she's covered in "secret tattoos"? It's a topic of true legend status that has been swirling around for years, and it turns out it might actually be true.

Alabama may not have been first with the Mardi Gras celebration but they were first in a few other not so important things.

It's not two months salary and it can't be accidentally removed for a night at the club. Wedding ring and engagement ring tattoos are quickly becoming a trend.

Last summer, an unidentified man got a new tattoo on his leg and days later, went swimming in the Gulf Of Mexico. After an extended hospital stay, that man tragically died. His tattoo artist warned him to stay out of the water, such as lakes and seas, for at least two weeks. He didn't listen, and tragically it cost him his life. If you're planning on getting a new tattoo this summer, whatever you do, listen to the advice of your tattoo artist, and this is why...

Last night was one of the best World Series games I've ever watched, even though I'm a Cleveland Indians fan. Game 7, tied up in the 10th inning...I mean you couldn't ask for any more sports drama than that. As I was trolling through Twitter, I came across this tweet of a picture from a die hard Indians fan and it instantly made me cringe. He does know that these things are permanent, right?

These days, a lot of people have at least one tattoo. But not everyone shows off their Louisiana pride quite like this!

Here are the top 10 spots where it's the most painful to get a tattoo, from top to bottom.

A new study looked at the tattoos people are most likely to get removed and here are the top 10.

I've been hearing about tattoo removal creams for a while, and it seems they're getting better and cheaper. That youthful magic moment at spring break that has been haunting you can finally vanish, and it won't cost you an arm and a leg!

A Brooklyn tattoo artist decided to make his dog cooler than other dogs on the planet and gave him a tattoo. Many consider this to be animal cruelty, but apparently the vet that let him didn’t.

Google has applied for a patent that would allow them to develop a tattoo that can also be used as a lie detector. The hours of endless fun we could have with such a device is only soured by the fact that somebody might slap one of those tattoos on us.