Tattoo
A tattoo, or dermal art, was a mark or design that was placed on the skin. They were usually permanent, but could be removed.

A blonde girl imagined by Quark when Deep Space 9 was visited by non-corporeal aliens in 2369 had a stylized tattoo of a heart on her right arm. ()

A tattooed male visited Quark's in 2371. ()

Henry Starling as of 1967 had a tattoo of a rose on his arm. ()

After Chris Brynner met Jadzia Dax in 2024 San Francisco, he thought her Trill spots were a type of tattoo from Japan. Brynner himself had a Māori tattoo done in the 1990s, but had it removed. ()

On Qo'noS in 2257, in an Orion outpost, a Trill female received a tattoo that could be turned on and off. ()

Prior to the mid-22nd century, dermal art was very common on Denobula. Phlox's parents insisted he studied it, which came in useful when he used his skills to create faux prison markings on Degra's arm. ()

Chakotay had a Native American tattoo (), as did his father Kolopak. ()

When Q tried to impress Kathryn Janeway in order for her to mate with him, he briefly appeared with Chakotay's tattoo, only much more elaborate. ()

Chakotay, as he appeared in 's holographic representation of the  crew, also had a much more elaborate tattoo. ()

The holographic Bajoran character Katanay in the holoprogram Photons Be Free, who was based on Chakotay, also had a tattoo. However, Katanay's tattoo was more colorful, and depicted the Bajoran logo surrounded by a snake. ()

When Chakotay and Seven of Nine were stranded in a Ventu village on Ledos, the natives imitated Chakotay's tattoo. ()

Nero and his Romulan mining crew had facial and head tattoos. ()

After being brought aboard the , Zora noted that Craft had a back tattoo, searching her database to identify it, concluding it was a cyclops owl – imagery only found on Alcor IV. ()

Races with tattoos
 Denobulans
 Dosi
 Ennis
 Ferengi
 Gatherers
 Humans
 Klingons
 Nol-Ennis
 Romulans
 Triannons
 Trill
 Ventu
 Wadi

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Visual art
Medical procedures