Are tattoos allowed for a believer?

Leviticus 19:28 certainly forbade a tattoo in the Old Testament. I did not find anything about piercing, though I vaguely remember something on this subject. The gold tooth is not an issue to my knowledge (I used to have one, partly it was just dental work).

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