If she’s wearing the right outfit, Stephanie Cohn appears completely untouched by a tattoo machine. But the Panama City-based 25-year-old content creator has eight pieces of body art, from a moon on her pinky figure to a hibiscus flower dedicated to her grandfather. The common theme among the tats is their small size and slender lines. Compared to those who treat their body as a canvas for large-scale art, Cohn views her tattoos as more unassuming accessories. “I feel like people who have big tattoos, very evident tattoos, they have this competence, this personality to carry that art on them,” she tells Mic. “I think other people are softer and prefer a more feminine side to things.”
No larger than a few inches each, these designs fit into the increasingly popular category of micro tattoos, which have existed for decades but gained popularity in recent years. This fad is pushed by celebrities (Selena Gomez, Bella Hadid, and Rihanna, just to name a few) whose tattoo artists have become stars in their own right, with huge social media followings that allow them to charge exorbitant amounts for minuscule pieces. (Some of the biggest include Bang Bang Doctor Woo and Dragon.)
