Les Jones

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Boy, the things you find when you Google for information about Tennessee laws.

Tattoo Laws of the 50 States

Tattooing is illegal in Oklahoma and South Carolina, but it's unregulated in Nebraska.

In Tennessee, you have to be 18 to get a tattoo. For the full rundown, read Tennessee Permanent Cosmetic Legislation.

MASSACHUSETTS: "Illegal Other Than by a Qualified Physician for Medical Purposes."

FLORIDA: "Prohibits Tattooing Except by a Person Licensed to Practice Medicine or Dentistry."

HAWAII: "Illegal to Tattoo from the jaw bone up."

GEORGIA: "Illegal to Tattoo within an inch of the eye."

NEW YORK: "Prohibits the Operation of a Tattoo Parlor or Studio within 1000 Feet of Church, Synagogue or other place of Worship or School, Tavern or Park."

If tats and piercings are too last year for you, check out the latest body modification that makes all the young girls scream. Clayton Cramer wouldn't approve of that, young man, and neither does Illinois state representative David Miller, who got a bill passed to regulate the practice in his home state. It awaits the governor's signature. (And I haven't mentioned the body modification on purpose. You'll have to read it for yourself.)

With the current trend towards heroin chic and women's size zero, I'm guessing that corsets and foot binding will make a comeback any day now.