Maddie Keating shows her arm before and after her tattoo by Brian Finn which covered her scars. Courtesy of Brian Finn hide caption
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A tattoo artist works in London in 2014. This September, a Colombian organization is offering to edit erroneous tattoos — free — and hopefully interest young people in the value of good grammar and spelling. Oli Scarff/Getty Images hide caption
A tattoo that starts as a personal statement can sometimes have medical consequences. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
Siblings Jessica and Oliver Schaap of Holland, Mich., test out the temporary vegetable tattoos known as Tater Tats. Courtesy of Jenna Weiler hide caption
Not-so-authentic Irish: a Celtic knot tattoo. Tattoo parlors in Ireland say almost all the customers requesting this are American. Christa Burns/Flickr hide caption
Tattoo artist Peter van der Helm, shown in his studio in Amsterdam in December 2013, has set up a business to preserve the tattoos of the dead. Michael Kooren/Reuters/Corbis hide caption
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is the only player in the newest edition of the Madden NFL video game franchise to have his signature tattoos faithfully rendered in the game. EA Sports hide caption
British tourist Naomi Coleman displays the tattoo that has gotten her deported from Sri Lanka. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Antoine Goupille may be the first human tattooed by a robot. Courtesy of Pierre Emm hide caption
This pose is required when thinking innovative thoughts. Andreyuu/iStockphoto hide caption
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A U.S. Army soldier at Outpost Monti in Afghanistan's Kunar province, in Sept. 2011. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Along with a tattoo, this person got an infection. A. Kalus/CDC hide caption