Sylvester Stallone Tattoos: Everything You Need To Know

Tattoos have long become the norm for many, especially celebrities. People, including celebrities, apply tattoos to their bodies for different reasons. Some do it simply to appreciate the body art, others for show purposes, and some groups as a result of the cult they follow.

Surprisingly, tattooing isn’t just a practice for youngsters, even the older ones are big fans of tattoos and action movie icon Sylvester Stallone is no slouch.

Now at 69, Stallone remains one of the most notable action stars of all time. Known as Rambo or Rocky Balboa, Stallone sports tattoos around his body. However, compared to most celebrities who apply theirs just for fun or to show off, the Stallones are applied for a different reason.

Why did Sylvester Stallone get the tattoos?

As an action movie actor, who tries daunting and thrilling stunts from time to time, Stallone is injury prone and has had a string of them. In a statement, he said: ‘I got all kinds of injuries to my chest, I injured my vein when I shot Rocky II and I had sixty stitches’ Ouch!. “If you watched Rocky then you would understand how bad they look.” So, to get rid of the scars on his body, Stallone opts for tattoos. Stallone has tattoos on his arms, chest, and back.

Perhaps the most notable of Stallone’s tattoos is the portrait of his wife, Jennifer Flavin and three roses which represent his three daughters who all have Rose as their first name. He first showed off the tattoo in 2010 in the first part of The Expendables.

The men behind Sylvester Stallone’s tattoos

Sylvester Stallone tattoos have been designed by some of the renowned tattoo artists. The portrait of Flavin, his current third wife, was designed by Mike Devries. DeVries is the owner of MD Tattoos, based in Northridge, California. Mike is known for his extraordinary work in portraiture as a tattoo artist.

This tattoo has been applied on the upper arm of the right shoulder. The elegant roses are applied in different colors, red, gold and purple, as mentioned before, they represent Scarlet, Sistine and Sophia, the three daughters of the couple.

Another reason behind the tattoo was as a way to celebrate his union of more than ten years with his wife.

Another high profile tattoo artist who worked on Stallon’s body art was Mario Barth. Barth is a top tattoo artist based in Sin City, Las Vegas. He worked on some tattoos that helped cover up and fill in the scars.