Tattoos todayTattoos today

1. Indigenious tattoos1. Indigenious tattoos

Scarring Scarring

• West AfricaWest Africa • sign of braverysign of bravery • razor bladesrazor blades • PubertyPuberty--

adulthoodadulthood • black magic black magic

symbolssymbols

Yakuza memberYakuza member

• mafiosimafiosi • initiationinitiation • up to two yearsup to two years • color and color and

patternspatterns

mokomoko

• MaoriMaori • Full facialFull facial • most commonmost common

Lip plateLip plate

• MursiMursi• EthiopiaEthiopia • face markingsface markings • beautybeauty

Samoa Samoa

• epicenterepicenter • traditional traditional

tattooingtattooing • mainly for mainly for

menmen • pubertypuberty • SamoanSamoan canoecanoe

2. Implants 2. Implants

ImplantsImplants

A piece of jewelry is A piece of jewelry is inserted under, or inside, inserted under, or inside, your skin. The implant your skin. The implant can't really move around can't really move around inside your body, since inside your body, since the skin heals around it the skin heals around it and holds it in place and holds it in place rather firmly. You can, rather firmly. You can, however, move them however, move them around just as much as around just as much as you can move your skin, you can move your skin, similar to how you can similar to how you can distort a tattoo by distort a tattoo by stretching, folding, and stretching, folding, and moving your skin. moving your skin.

ImplantsImplants

ImplantsImplants

3. Tattoo gun 3. Tattoo gun

The machine works The machine works similar to alternating similar to alternating current — charge current — charge causes magnets to pull causes magnets to pull downward on a bar, downward on a bar, which disconnects the which disconnects the circuit and allows the circuit and allows the upward force of the upward force of the spring to pull the bar spring to pull the bar back to its initial back to its initial position. position.

4. Tattoo Inks4. Tattoo Inks

Manufacturers of Manufacturers of inks and pigments inks and pigments are not required to are not required to reveal the contents. reveal the contents. A professional who A professional who mixes his or her own mixes his or her own inks from dry inks from dry pigments will be pigments will be most likely to know most likely to know the composition of the composition of the inks. the inks.

5. Procedure5. Procedure

The most common method of tattooing The most common method of tattooing in modern times is the electric tattoo in modern times is the electric tattoo machine, which inserts ink into the machine, which inserts ink into the skin via a group of needles that are skin via a group of needles that are soldered onto a bar, which is attached soldered onto a bar, which is attached to an oscillating unit. The unit rapidly to an oscillating unit. The unit rapidly and repeatedly drives the needles in and repeatedly drives the needles in and out of the skin, usually 80 to 150 and out of the skin, usually 80 to 150 times a second. times a second.

6. Hygiene6. Hygiene

The properly equipped tattoo studio will The properly equipped tattoo studio will use biohazard containers for objects that use biohazard containers for objects that have come into contact with blood or have come into contact with blood or bodily fluids, bodily fluids, sharpssharps containers for old containers for old needles, and an autoclave for sterilizing needles, and an autoclave for sterilizing tools. A reputable tattooist will wash his tools. A reputable tattooist will wash his or her hands before starting to tattoo a or her hands before starting to tattoo a client, and between clients, as well as client, and between clients, as well as wear disposable latex gloves (a new pair wear disposable latex gloves (a new pair for each client). for each client).

7. Infection – Allergic 7. Infection – Allergic reactionsreactions

Since tattoo instruments come in contact with Since tattoo instruments come in contact with blood and bodily fluids, diseases may be blood and bodily fluids, diseases may be transmitted if the instruments are used on transmitted if the instruments are used on more than one person without being sterilized. more than one person without being sterilized. Infections that could be transmitted via the use Infections that could be transmitted via the use of unsterilized tattoo equipment include of unsterilized tattoo equipment include surface infections of the skin, herpes simplex surface infections of the skin, herpes simplex virus, tetanus, staph, fungal infections, some virus, tetanus, staph, fungal infections, some forms of hepatitis, and HIV. Allergic reactions forms of hepatitis, and HIV. Allergic reactions to tattoo pigments are uncommon except for to tattoo pigments are uncommon except for certain brands of red and green. certain brands of red and green.

8. Tattoo removal8. Tattoo removal

Tattoos are more Tattoos are more popular today then popular today then ever before. In ever before. In 2003 it was 2003 it was estimated that 16% estimated that 16% of the US of the US population has at population has at least one tattoo least one tattoo

17 - 50% eventually 17 - 50% eventually remove their body remove their body tattoo.tattoo.

CryosurgeryCryosurgery

• freezing area of freezing area of tattoo tattoo

• less blood loss less blood loss

DermabrasionDermabrasion

• "sand off" "sand off" • all of the skin and the all of the skin and the

ink of the tattoo ink of the tattoo • bleeding is likely to bleeding is likely to

occur occur

ExcisionExcision

• cut out of your skin cut out of your skin • sutured together sutured together • several treatments several treatments • leaves a scar leaves a scar

9. Celebrities9. Celebrities

10. Some tattoos10. Some tattoos

The Five Percenters The Five Percenters

Gang TattoosGang Tattoos

Gang TattoosGang Tattoos

They even ink teardrops. Teardrops They even ink teardrops. Teardrops under their left eye represent a shot under their left eye represent a shot or a wounded gang member and or a wounded gang member and those under right eye represent those under right eye represent their combat with the rival gangs.their combat with the rival gangs.

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