History of Tattoos

Tattoo is a marking for decoration, made by inserting ink into the layers of skin. Basically, in case of humans tattoos are for decoration and it is used for identification in case of animals.

Word tattoo was borrowed from "Polynesian" and, it means "To Mark" or "Strike Twice". Syllable "Ta" means "hand" (used twice for repetitive nature of action) and "u" means "Color". "Tebori" is the traditional hand method. "Irezumi" means "insert ink" or western style machine or tattoo using tebori. First tattoo was created by accident, a person had a small wound, and he rubbed it with ashes from fire, than he saw, that mark stayed permanently.

Tattoos can be removed by exposing the tattoo to laser light. Laser light will break the ink from pigment and that ink will be than absorbed by skin and tattoo will be get removed. How tattoo will be getting printed on your skin??

Making tattoo will place the pigment into skin's "dermis" i.e. the layer of tissue underlying the "epidermis". Now, this pigment will be get dispersed throughout "Homogenized Layer" down through the epidermis and upper dermis, where presence of foreign material activates the "immune system" to attain the particles. Preceding the same, the damaged epidermis flakes away and, "granulation tissues" are formed deeper in skin. These tissues later converted to connective tissue. The presence of pigment is permanent there.

Tattoos serve the following purposes:

Decorative and spiritual uses

Tattoos has served as mark of status, symbol of religion, sexual lures, pledge of love, punishment, protection and as the mark of outcast, slaves and convicts. But today tattoos are used for cosmetic, religious, magical, memories or belonging to their particular groups and gangs.

Identification

In case of human tattoos are used for identification of that particular person. But, sometimes it is forced to have a tattoo e.g. in military many members have tags tattoos onto their chests. Tattoos are also placed on animals as like their serial number, or for some identification etc..

Cosmetic

In cosmetics tattoos are used for hiding skin discoloration or for permanent makeup like lips( lipstick), eyes(liner) for hiding moles or to enhance eyebrows.

Medical

Tattoos are used to convey the medical information like blood group etc about the particular person. Tattoos are used to ensure that the instruments are properly located for "radiotherapy".

How these tattoos are negatively associated?

Some Japanese gymnasiums and bathhouse avoid having "Yakuza" i.e. the full body tattoo. Many prisoners and criminals have tattoos like "Tear Tattoos" which is a symbol of murder. Tattoos have negative effects on women like adolescent girls have a positive correlation between negative feelings towards the body and self-esteem and body-modification. However, in Central American countries such as "E1 Salvador" and "Honduras", people with tattoos can be arrested for gang affiliation.

Those people whose skin is sensitive or allergic by metals may react to pigment. They have swelling or itching to their skin.

Aftercare

After having tattoos you have to concern for your skin, you have to wrapped the tattoo for the next twenty four hours, or you have to keep bandage for the next two hours. For first two week you have to avoid hot water or soaking in tub, just to keep part of the tattoo ink by over-hydration and infection because of bacteria and chlorine exposure. You have to keep clean your tattoo. Various products are there to keep clean the tattoo like "Cocoa Butter", "Salves" and "Lanoline".