face tattoo

Permanent facial marking

A face tattoo is a tattoo on the face, often carrying associations of extreme commitment, criminal affiliation, or countercultural identity.

Because facial tattoos are difficult to conceal and can limit employment prospects, getting one signals a certain rejection of mainstream expectations: He got a face tattoo after dropping out.

Once associated primarily with gang members and prison inmates, face tattoos have gained visibility through musicians and celebrities, though they remain more transgressive than tattoos elsewhere on the body.

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body modification type

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untattooed · tattoo removal · piercing

social conformity and professional acceptability

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Conservative professional attire standard

permanence of appearance modification

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Impermanent skin decoration

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG