A tattoo is a marking made by
inserting dark, indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to
change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on
humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on
animals are most commonly used for identification or
branding.
Tattooing has been practiced for
centuries worldwide. The Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan,
traditionally wore facial tattoos. Today one can find Berbers of
Tamazgha (North Africa), Ma-ori of New Zealand, Arabic people in
East-Turkey and Atayal of Taiwan with facial tattoos. Tattooing was
widespread among Polynesian peoples and among certain tribal groups
in the Taiwan, Philippines, Borneo, Mentawai Islands, Africa, North
America, South America, Mesoamerica, Europe, Japan, Cambodia, New
Zealand and Micronesia. Despite some taboos surrounding tattooing,
the art continues to be popular in many parts of the world.
Tattoos have served as rites of
passage, marks of status and rank, symbols of religious and
spiritual devotion, decorations for bravery, sexual lures and marks
of fertility, pledges of love, punishment, amulets and talismans,
protection, and as the marks of outcasts, slaves and convicts. The
symbolism and impact of tattoos varies in different places and
cultures. Tattoos may show how a person feels about a relative
(commonly mother/father or daughter/son) or about an unrelated
person.
While tattoos are considered
permanent, it is sometimes possible to remove them with laser
treatments, fully or partially. Typically, black and darker colored
inks can be removed more completely. An ink trademarked as
InfinitInk is designed to be removed in a single laser treatment.
The expense and pain of removing tattoos will typically be greater
than the expense and pain of applying them. Some jurisdictions will
pay for the voluntary removal of gang tattoos. Pre-laser tattoo
removal methods include dermabrasion, salabrasion (scrubbing the
skin with salt), cryosurgery, and excision which is sometimes still
used along with skin grafts for larger tattoos.
Informative Sites about Tattoo
art:
http://tattoo.about.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo
Amazing Body Tattoo
Art Design Gallery
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