A stick and poke tattoo is applied with a single needle that is dipped in ink. It is supposedly less painful than a regular tattoo, but could fade more quickly. You should never try doing an at-home ...

While many people associate tattooing with the whirring, buzzing sound of a mechanical machine, tattooing can actually be a silent experience. Such is true for a method known as stick-and-poke. As the ...

LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - An East Texas tattoo shop is going back to the basics with their old school take on the age old practice. The tattoo artists at Black Spot Tattoo Company solely use the hand-poke ...

Tattoos are not a recent trend for teenagers, but do-it-yourself tattoos called stick-and-poke are becoming increasingly popular among Las Lomas High School students. Stick-and-poke is the process of ...

My own love for stick and pokes run deep, despite the alarming amount of things that can go wrong with at home tattoos. To say I’m envious of the various works of art I’ve come across on the Internet ...

Disclaimer: No doctor in their right mind would say stick and poke tattoos are a great idea, so we're obliged to tell you that you shouldn't try this at home. But if you're going to do it anyway ...

Tattoos are more common than you may think. Recent statistics suggest that over 35% of men and women in the U.S. over the age of 18 have at least one piece of ink tattooed somewhere on their body.

Puzzles, tie-dyeing, baking banana bread—if we’ve learned anything from social media, it’s that we’re picking up all sorts of new hobbies. We didn’t expect stick-and-poke tattoos to quickly top that ...

The needle pokes into your skin, piercing it so that the tattoo drips into your flesh. Poke, poke, poke. It hurts, but don't you dare wince – you're the one hammering the ink into yourself. A heart on ...