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Tag Archives: tattoos

Unveiling the silent scars: Victims of sex trafficking and intimate partner violence deal with trauma from forced tattoos

Posted on November 21, 2023November 27, 2023

Most people who want their tattoos removed agreed to get them put on in the first place. Although they may have changed their minds, it was their idea to have a tattoo, regardless of the design or what it says. […]

New NYU survey finds adverse physical reactions to tattoos

Posted on June 1, 2015August 29, 2019

While most people who come to our website already have tattoos and want to get them taken off, we’ve just discovered one more reason why you may not want to get a tattoo in the first place. And that’s long-term […]

Kaitlyn Harger researches how visible tattoos affect recidivism

Posted on November 11, 2014July 31, 2019

It’s certainly no secret that visible tattoos can be an obstacle to success, whether in a job search or in one’s personal life. But they can also land ex-offenders back in prison faster than those who don’t have them. And we […]

Baltimore nonprofit teaches tattoo cover up techniques

Posted on May 19, 2014May 7, 2019

A Baltimore nonprofit has come up with a method for dealing with the problem of visible tattoos. And they discovered it in a totally serendipitous way. It all began a couple of years ago, when the Ex-Offender Mentoring Academy and […]

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