Tattoos hold personal significance for Kansas State U. students University Wire | January 25, 2008| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Hannah Blick
University Wire
01-25-2008
(Kansas State Collegian) (UWIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Her forearms are riddled with the marked scars of a past addiction. But on her right wrist, a different kind of permanent mark catches your eye. It's a tattoo.

Shannon "Ducky" Becker said she started getting tattoos after she had struggled with cutting -- a form of self-mutilation -- and finds it to be a therapeutic form of expression.

"They're much better than the ugly scars. I get to express myself in a personal and beautiful way," she said.

Becker, Fort Riley, Kan., resident, said she now has 14 ...

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