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Amateur tattoos carry hepatitis C risk: Study

If you're planning on getting a tattoo, make sure it's from a professional and not a friend because ink work by amateurs may carry a risk of Hepatitis C, according to a new report. In an analysis of several dozen past studies, res [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Study examines society's perception of body art

With tattoos and piercings adorning more and more bodies, a University of Calgary student is out to discover whether negative perceptions of body art have dwindled. "More and more people have them so they should be more accepted, [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Bad enough to wear a tattoo: Study connects body art and soc...

A research study has come out, trying to define the relationship between body art and deviance among college students in America. Remember the days of the Hell’s Angels? Of Sid and Nancy and Billy Idol? Remember when a piercing mea [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

New Study: Heavily-Tattooed People Are More Prone to Deviant...

A new study suggests that people who load up on body art are more likely to engage in risky and criminal behavior. The report reveals that those who get four or more tattoos, seven or more piercings, or one "intimate piercing," ar [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Study: 'Body art' linked to 'deviance'

A Texas Tech University sociology study suggests a correlation between multiple pieces of "body art," aka tattoos or piercings, and "deviant behavior."Jerome Koch said his "Body Art Team" surveyed 1,753 student [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Body art and deviant behavior: Study finds link between mult...

Here's a new aphorism: "The more body art you have, the more likely you are to be involved in deviance." So says Jerome Koch, a sociologist with Texas Tech University's "Body Art Team" -- true moniker -- which surveyed [...]