facial tattoo

Permanent face marking

A facial tattoo is a tattoo on the face.

Once associated mainly with indigenous traditions, gang membership, or prison culture, facial tattoos have become more common among musicians, athletes, and young people generally.

They remain controversial—often affecting employment prospects—because the face is impossible to conceal: She worried the facial tattoo would cost her the job.

Related

Maori · gang · gang sign · teardrop · prison · prison culture · permanent · skin · needle · bold · identity · Mike Tyson · rebellion · stigma · cheek · forehead · artist · pain

Categories
Opposites
permanence of body modification

facial tattooface paint

Cosmetics applied to skin

washable marker · henna · temporary tattoo · costume makeup · stage makeup

social conformity/visibility

facial tattoocorporate image

Firm's cultivated public perception

social conformity and presentation

facial tattoobare face

clear skin · blank canvas

Family

facial, facing, deface, defacement, surface, tattoo, tattoos, tattooed, tattooing

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