An Elyria tattoo shop paved the way for women locally in the industry as the first only female-owned shop in Lorain County. “I’ve been tattooing for 15 years,” said Amy Bober, owner of Sin Studio ...

JAKARTA: Indonesian tattoo remover Sandi Widodo does a brisk business zapping sin from skin - at bargain-basement prices. But there's a catch for pious Muslims keen to shed body art at his Jakarta ...

MOBILE, Alabama --University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino, apparently, is going to get his first-ever tattoo, fulfilling a pledge he made to do so if his team won the national championship. But ...

Indonesian tattoo remover Sandi Widodo does a brisk business zapping sin from skin- at bargain-basement prices. But there's a catch for pious Muslims keen to shed body art at his Jakarta shop: they've ...

Traditionally, permanently tattooing the body has long been considered a sin in Islam because it involves “mutilating” the body, changing Allah’s creation, inflicting unnecessary pain and introducing ...

Dot by dot the laser sears the ink from Ucup's flesh, leaving it red and raised, but there's a look of calm satisfaction on his face. With every painful "click" of the tattoo-removal machine, Ucup ...

But there's a catch for pious Muslims keen to shed body art at his Jakarta shop: they've got to recite 50 Koranic verses from memory and repent for their tattooed past. That's a small price to pay for ...

The stigma over tattoos has long faded in the West, with everyone from college kids to celebrities and athletes happy to display their body art in public. But in some Asian countries, tattoos are ...

This picture taken on April 18, 2018 shows tattoo remover Sandi Widodo (L) removing a tattoo of a Muslim man at the Hijrah Tattoo Removal clinic in Jakarta. Indonesian tattoo remover Sandi Widodo does ...