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Until 2006, getting or giving a tattoo was illegal in South Carolina and Oklahoma. The first legal tattoo in South Carolina was done in March 2006, and the first legal tattoo in Oklahoma was inked that same year. Over 40 million Americans have at least one tattoo, and one in four Americans aged 18 to 50 has at least one tattoo.
Until 2006, getting or giving a tattoo was illegal in both South Carolina and Oklahoma. While both states allowed people to apply permanent makeup, any tattoo given by someone other than a “licensed practitioner of the healing arts” could land both the artist and the recipient in prison. The first legal tattoo in South Carolina was done at the Body Art Ink Tattoo Parlor in Myrtle Beach in March 2006, and the first legal tattoo in Oklahoma was inked that same year.
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In 1936 it was estimated that only 6% of Americans had tattoos. That number has more than tripled, and more than 40 million Americans have at least one tattoo. Additionally, about one in four Americans aged 18 to 50 has at least one tattoo.
The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that about one-sixth of those who have tattoos have considered removing them.
Statistics show that you are more likely to get HIV or hepatitis from the dentist’s office than from getting a tattoo at a licensed tattoo parlor.
