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“I have to write the symbols in my skin.” when tattooing becomes therapeutic

Frederic Agide, a former head of advertising, got a tattoo about ten years ago. In 2019, a client, Leslie, asked her to tattoo her dead child’s stuffed toy on her lower back. During the session, he told her that he had started a new life with a man and that they could not have children. A few weeks later, Leslie called the tattoo artist again and said she was pregnant. I’m not a psychologist, but I do believe in the therapeutic benefits of tattooing »says Frederic Agide, who has written a book on the subject, Tattoo stories (or subcutaneous therapy)published by Eyrolles (2021). It is a very deep act that we can give meaning to. The intentions we put into it work »,’ adds his colleague Selune Lebrecque of Yosso in Paris.

More than one in ten French people now have a tattoo. The act of inking an indelible picture on the skin, however, is an affliction comparable to a burn. For what…

Source: Le Figaro

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