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Today tattooing is a respectable profession but not so long ago it had a very different reputation. Tattoo studios were often the front for biker gangs and organised crime to launder their ill gotten gains. Yayo undercover journalist Matt Haddon-Reichardt met up with his old biker contact Dave to get the inside story on tattooing's criminal past.
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What if your tattoo could move, dance and sing? What if your tattoo could be the key to a virtual world? What would happen if your tattoo could change reality and link your body to a world of new gaming possibilities? With augmented reality tattoos all that and more is possible. Matt Haddon-Reichardt met up with designer Olo Sabandijia to talk about the digital future of body art and the power of high tech tattoos.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is causing quite a stir with her forthright views, philanthropic pursuits and freckled features. She is a fashion icon and the most photographed woman in the world and her beauty is driving a new trend in tattooing. Freckle tattoos are fast becoming a must have for the fashion conscious hipster. Yayo sent out beauty enthusiast Matt Haddon-Reinhardt to meet freckle tattoo artist Ashley Leffler to get the low down on everything freckly.
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Vesso Alexiev is one of the newest additions to the Yayo Pro Team and he's making waves in the industry with his professional attitude and top class realism tattoos. On a cold winters day Yayo affiliate Matt Haddon-Reichardt headed up to York to meet Vesso and talk shop over a hot coffee or two.
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Troy Tuck is one of the UK's best black and grey realism tattoo artists. He is also a member of the Yayo Pro Team. Matt Haddon-Reichardt headed down to Devon to meet up with Troy and found out how he turned from self taught apprentice to master tattooer.
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