BUSCALAN, PHILIPPINES • Whang-Od, 107, has witnessed more than a century of change in her remote village in the Philippine northern hills. But the greatest changes have come because of her, the ...
At 106, Apo Whang-od is the oldest known person practicing batok, a traditional tattooing technique that dates back 1,000 years in the Philippines. These tattoos were once badges of honor to warriors ...
For their April 2023 issue, the magazine tapped 106-year-old Apo Maria "Whang-Od" Oggay, a traditional mambabatok, or Indigenous tattoo artist, to pose for the beauty-centric issue. As outlined in a ...
To keep an indelible record of their vacations, backpackers are no longer content to simply scribble in a vintage notebook: ...
But this 2025, Nadine made the bold choice to remove some of her tattoos through the Aivee Tattoo Removal by the Aivee Clinic. In a TikTok video with Aivee Clinic's founder, Dr. Aivee Teo, Nadine ...