Sometimes there is a whole story behind a small tattoo — love, loss or a new chapter of life. We put together tattoos, many ...

Rodriguez thinks memorial tattoos help people process traumatic experiences. As he moves his needle over the arms, legs and backs of his clients, and they share stories of their loved ones, he feels ...

“Tattoos can be a way of sustaining that relationship,” she said. It’s common for her patients in the 20-to-50 age range to get memorial tattoos, she said.

About two months ago, Leslie Gadd, 41, had some of her dog’s cremains mixed into her memorial tattoo. Lucifer, a brown and white Staffordshire terrier, was euthanized because of her ailing health.

Ken Deets, a tattoo artist at Enchanted Dragon, 4243 E. Speedway, estimated 30 percent to 40 percent of the shop's business is memorial tattoos. "It's something they can hold onto," he said.

(Macie Goldfarb/WUFT News) Jennifer Gonzales, 39, owns Artistic Soul Tattoo in Chiefland. About 10 years ago, clients began coming to her with requests for memorial tattoos using cremated ashes.

Theme 3: Communicative Tools. Memorial tattoos opened up a way to talk about their deceased loved one, which can be an important need for mourners. This theme surfaced in the interviews in four ways: ...

Shaquil Barrett, 30, is sharing a new tattoo he got in memory of his late daughter, 2-year-old Arrayah, who died in a drowning accident at the family home in late April.

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Memorial tattoos require utmost sensitivity, says Max, owner of Inkinn Studio, who etched the Gupta sisters. “Tattoos are like the soul you carry on your sleeve.