Aim: To identify the body image satisfaction in college students with at least 10% of their bodies tattooed and college students without any kind of body modification. Method: Non experimental study with a transactional descriptive design; it was conducted with a sample of 34 tattooed college students (11 women - 23 men) and 82 students without body modifications (41 women and 41 men) older than 20 years of age, residents of Bogotá, linked to a program of higher education, without any previous psychiatric history and who do not belong to any urban tribe or specific social group. Results: Significant differences on the general body image satisfaction were found, where tattooed students have higher scores. Similarly, it was found that both women and men with 10% of their body tattooed present significant favorable differences of body image in contrast with those persons who have not been modified. Conclusions: The tattoo is attributed with functionality for the mental recognition of the body and one’s self-assessment allowing a more satisfactory evaluative judgement on the individual about their body image.