Getting inked pleasantly surprised septuagenarian columnist Rod Miller. The post My first tattoo appeared first on WyoFile .

I avoided getting my first tattoo for seven years because I didn't feel ready. I learned that gender dysphoria was keeping me from feeling comfortable in my skin. My transition freed me from that ...

I never wanted a tattoo. The thought of a needle pushing ink into my skin made me squeamish. But when my three kids, all in their 20s, got matching shamrocks etched on their bodies to bond over their ...

It’s been a month since I took one of the biggest risks of my life: getting a tattoo. I had been planning it for a while. I’d scroll through Pinterest and romanticize the idea of ink permanently ...

I spent my whole life thinking tattoos were gross. Then my husband died, and I understood why someone would want to permanently mark their bodies. When I was in my mid-50s, I got my first tattoo as a ...