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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. At 65, Sandee Althouse has gotten 17 tattoos in five months, turning to ink as self-care as her husband battles a ...

Getting your first tattoo rarely happens in a perfectly calm, logical moment. More often, it arrives wrapped in adrenaline and emotion, with the sense that something meaningful is about to happen.

Just 13% of adults 65 and older have tattoos, compared with 41% of those 30 and younger, according to a 2023 Pew Research Center study. Still, plenty of older Long Islanders are finding themselves in ...

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