Despite cultural taboos, women have been getting tattoos for centuries. In ancient Egypt, women got tattoos as a form of beauty and as a status symbol. Permanent ink was seen for the first time in the ...

A new woman-owned tattoo studio opening soon in Elgin hopes to connect people to meaningful art, and not just on their bodies. Amy Porter will open Alchemy Tattoo & Gallery at 107 E. Highland Ave.

"You're going to regret that in 50 years' time." It's one of the most common warnings to anyone pondering whether to get a tattoo in the first few decades of their life. The assumption being that a ...