The most visible tattoo placement is more popular than ever.
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Much like a fresh manicure, a hand tattoo can spark joy every time you look down. Each artist we spoke with for this story mentioned a growing interest in hand tattoos among their clientele. Some attribute it to the rise of remote work, as fewer people are worried about their tattoos peeking out from under business attire. Others attribute it to the overall destigmatization of ink and the number of celebrities (Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Hailey Bieber, to name a few) getting as many tattoos as they damn well please.
Hand tattoos are, of course, very visible—a trait that proponents like Mira Mariah, an artist in New York City, see as a major boon. “A lot of [my clients] see tattoos as a way to manifest or remind themselves of a positive sentiment,” she says. “The hand placement makes so much sense for this because we look at our hands all the time.”
