Tattoos

On Rose's right shoulder blade, she had a distinctive tattoo of a woman. The design comes from a painting that Rose's Grandfather had painted on the side of his WWII plane.

The tattoo clearly shows Rose's love for the 40's, and glamorous woman from that period. Rose McGowan's style is also very much like actresses from Black and White movies.

Although Charmed make-up artists attempted to cover the tattoo in most episodes, they were sometimes unable to cover it completely and you could just about see the outline. Her tattoo was on show in some of her films, for example Jawbreaker, in which she played bad girl Courtney Alice Shayne.

During 2004 Rose decided to have her tattoo removed. Although it's still slightly visible, its no longer the bold trademark tattoo it was. Many people decide as they get older that their tattoos were mistakes, or no longer suit them anymore, this seems to be the case with Miss McGowan.

Rose McGowan also has some piercings. She has both ears pierced, and her belly button. In some pictures, for example the season 5 promotional shots, you can just about see her belly bar.