The needle pokes into your skin, piercing it so 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 your ...

WITH time on their hands and no access to tattoo parlours, body art fans have been getting creative during lockdown. The stick and poke trend, which uses a sharp pointed needle and black ink to create ...

Health experts are warning of the dangers of DIY tattoo kits after a rise in the popularity of so-called "hand poke tattooing". This involves manually pricking the skin with a needle soaked in ink to ...

Teenagers are putting themselves at risk of debilitating and potentially deadly blood diseases by buying DIY tattoo kits over the internet. At £60 a time, the kits come with inks, needles and designs ...