Tattoos are considered to be more popular and socially accepted nowadays. Tattooing is a trend that started growing during the early 90's. According to a recent study, more than 36% of Americans and Europeans have at least one body tattoo on them. Medias play a great role in increasing the popularity of tattoos through reality shows and magazines with the photographs of celebrities with tattoos on them. Many feel that, beautifying their body with permanent ink helps them to profess their individuality. If you are really interested in getting a tattoo, it will be better to study up on the risks associated with this particular form of body art, and take necessary precautions before going for it.
The biggest risk in getting a tattoo is the selection of your tattoo artist. Consider the following hints before choosing your tattoo artist;
Go to a professional tattoo artist and try to avoid home-made tattoos, especially made with Indian ink.
Take a look around the tattoo parlour to conform whether the place is clean, hygienic and brightly lit.
Make sure that the artist uses new sterilized equipments for each client or thoroughly cleans and sterilizes the equipment using autoclaves.
Make sure he uses standard safety precautions to prevent infections and he wears rubber gloves.
Never go to a parlour with less sanitary conditions to get an inexpensive tattoo. Your health matters more than money.
Make sure that the tattoo artist has credentials, a license and experience.
As tattooing requires the breaking of the skin barrier, it may cause various health risks, including infections and allergic reactions. Getting a tattoo at an accredited professional tattoo parlour is comparatively risk free, but, still it puts you into the following risks;
As needles are inserted under your skin for tattooing, there is an increased risk for the diseases like HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. There are no reported vaccinations against HIV and Hepatitis C. But, you can take vaccinations against the contracting Hepatitis B.
In addition to these viral infections, there is a risk of bacterial infections and allergies to dyes and needles. Some infections may be mild and treatable. But some may turn sever.
Infections that can be transmitted due to the unsterilized equipments or contaminated ink includes tetanus, tuberculosis, herpes simplex virus, staph, fungal infections, some forms of hepatitis, HIV etc.
It may cause skin infections such as impetigo or school sores.
Long-term skin diseases like psoriasis, dermatitis and even tumors have been reported as a result of tattoos.
Thick scars called keloids are more likely to appear among dark skinned people.
Mental distress due to regret after getting a tattoo. This is reported as one of the main risks after getting a tattoo.
Occasionally, when a blood vessel gets punctured during the tattooing procedure, a bruise or hematoma may appear.
Allergic reactions due to some metals present in the ink, especially colored inks, have been medically documented. Nickel present in the ink, mainly caused the metal allergy. Other metals that cause allergies include mercury in red cinnabar, cadmium sulphite, cobalt blue, lead, lithium, copper etc.
In some temporary tattoos like henna, problems have been reported. Henna tattoos contain a dark brown dye; para-phenylenediamine (PPD) that causes delayed allergic reactions. The reactions include skin necrosis, scarring and hypo-pigmentation. By analyzing some henna dyes, toxic chemicals used in textile and hair dyes has been found in addition to PPD.
Some hospitals and testing centers will refuse to do MRI scanning of the person with tattoos as there are metal particles in the tattoo which causes a burning pain for them.
Even if you wish to remove a tattoo, some colors like yellow will breakdown into toxic chemicals and spread in your body.
If you are still planning to get a tattoo, then it's imperative you follow the proper safety precautions. Make sure you are getting a tattoo in a place away from food, hazardous waste and other unsanitary conditions. Finally, after receiving your tattoo, get proper aftercare procedures from your artist and be sure to follow it.
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Wednesday, 29 August 2012
What Does an Orchid Tattoo Mean?
Tattoo's Are Visual Representations That Have Symbolic Meaning
Having studied human behaviour and body language it is funny to find out that people that get tattoo's often don't know what the symbology means.
Butterfly's show transformation and change
This is the most common tattoo for first time females, as they make the statement that they are no longer girls, but changed into women. The bigger and more colorful the butterfly tattoo is, the more they want people to see the change in them.
Orchid's show sexuality and procreation
The orchid represents both male and female sexuality. With the stem a phallus shape and the name meaning testicles in Greek, the orchid is closely associated to wearing a penis.
The female aspects of the orchid show beauty, charm and poise meaning that you are sensual and want to show elegance to men that see your tattoo. It is considered to be a sign of great fertility for this reason.
The heart tattoo is more complex
This is one the tattoos that context is very important to understand its meanings. The heart can represent courage, love, passion, and remembrance depending on the surrounding artwork and location on the body.
Tattoo locations alter the context
People will often place the tattoo in a private location if they only want a few special people to know about this event in their life. By restricting access to its viewing the person is making the statement that only select people get to know the real them.
With tattoo's placed in public or easily seen locations, it is all about wanting others to see the tattoo and get a certain impression about the individual.
Usually the tattoo will go on a part of the body that the wearer likes and has great admiration for. As seen in the males that wrap barbed wire around their biceps. They want you to see that their bicep is bigger than yours and that they are tough enough to wear barbed wire on their body taking the small barbs of pain in their stride.
Others like their forearms, the shape or strength in particular, so decorate it with letters or designs that draw your eyes along their muscular shapes.
Very few people put tattoo's on parts of their body they don't like unless they are hiding scars or other tattoo's from their past.
The important thing is to understand that your choice of tattoo and its location will say a lot more about you than you realise so pick carefully and know what your tattoo means.
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Having studied human behaviour and body language it is funny to find out that people that get tattoo's often don't know what the symbology means.
Butterfly's show transformation and change
This is the most common tattoo for first time females, as they make the statement that they are no longer girls, but changed into women. The bigger and more colorful the butterfly tattoo is, the more they want people to see the change in them.
Orchid's show sexuality and procreation
The orchid represents both male and female sexuality. With the stem a phallus shape and the name meaning testicles in Greek, the orchid is closely associated to wearing a penis.
The female aspects of the orchid show beauty, charm and poise meaning that you are sensual and want to show elegance to men that see your tattoo. It is considered to be a sign of great fertility for this reason.
The heart tattoo is more complex
This is one the tattoos that context is very important to understand its meanings. The heart can represent courage, love, passion, and remembrance depending on the surrounding artwork and location on the body.
Tattoo locations alter the context
People will often place the tattoo in a private location if they only want a few special people to know about this event in their life. By restricting access to its viewing the person is making the statement that only select people get to know the real them.
With tattoo's placed in public or easily seen locations, it is all about wanting others to see the tattoo and get a certain impression about the individual.
Usually the tattoo will go on a part of the body that the wearer likes and has great admiration for. As seen in the males that wrap barbed wire around their biceps. They want you to see that their bicep is bigger than yours and that they are tough enough to wear barbed wire on their body taking the small barbs of pain in their stride.
Others like their forearms, the shape or strength in particular, so decorate it with letters or designs that draw your eyes along their muscular shapes.
Very few people put tattoo's on parts of their body they don't like unless they are hiding scars or other tattoo's from their past.
The important thing is to understand that your choice of tattoo and its location will say a lot more about you than you realise so pick carefully and know what your tattoo means.
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The Pros and Cons of Laser Tattoo Removal
Getting a tattoo seems like a pretty cool thing to do, doesn't it? It can be, but what happens when you get one that just happens to have your true love's name and picture on it, and you suddenly break up? Or, say you've got a shot at a fantastic job, but in the interview you noticed they were checking out that purple tattoo on your neck and not your face? What's a body to do?
The whole point of tattoo removal is to take off whatever offending word or image has been painfully imprinted somewhere on your body. And believe me, removal may be just as painful and expensive.
First of all, you have to prepare yourself emotionally. That imprint meant a whole lot to you when you first decided to get it. It became a significant part of your life for a long time. It brought attention and admiration from many admirers. Are you emotionally prepared to end all of that no matter what?
Alright, you've decided it's time to have it taken off. If I were in your shoes, I'd want to do a little research to find out what I could expect from tattoo removal. If you're reading this article, then I assume you want to do that too.
Let's look at one of the best and most successful options for getting this print to vanish.
Laser removal.
Nowadays, the easiest way to get rid of these now unwanted works of art is by the use of lasers. Tiny pulses of light hit the ink and actually break it into small pieces. The neat thing is, once they spread themselves out within your body, your wonderful immune system makes sure they are safely carried away and out of your body.
Pretty cool, huh?
Keep in mind it may take several laser treatments to make the print vanish. But there's a downside to this as well - the more laser treatments you have, the more risk you put yourself at for skin damage, so beware.
Unfortunately, laser treatment is not without its pain issues. It's been defined as having hot grease spatter on your skin. And, laser treatment for tattoo removal can greatly affect your pocketbook adversely as well. Some very large ones can shoot up to the thousands of dollars.
I can't stress enough at this point the importance of finding a qualified dermatologist to remove your true love's name. Reputation, experience and concern for your health are some of the top things to look for. Only then will you be assured your imprint will be removed safely. If you don't know any, ask your family doctor for a referral.
Remember, you are probably not alone in wanting to have tattoo removal. It's been estimated over half of the people who initially got one, will have it removed some time or other within their lifetime. With a little expert help, you could be one of them.
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The whole point of tattoo removal is to take off whatever offending word or image has been painfully imprinted somewhere on your body. And believe me, removal may be just as painful and expensive.
First of all, you have to prepare yourself emotionally. That imprint meant a whole lot to you when you first decided to get it. It became a significant part of your life for a long time. It brought attention and admiration from many admirers. Are you emotionally prepared to end all of that no matter what?
Alright, you've decided it's time to have it taken off. If I were in your shoes, I'd want to do a little research to find out what I could expect from tattoo removal. If you're reading this article, then I assume you want to do that too.
Let's look at one of the best and most successful options for getting this print to vanish.
Laser removal.
Nowadays, the easiest way to get rid of these now unwanted works of art is by the use of lasers. Tiny pulses of light hit the ink and actually break it into small pieces. The neat thing is, once they spread themselves out within your body, your wonderful immune system makes sure they are safely carried away and out of your body.
Pretty cool, huh?
Keep in mind it may take several laser treatments to make the print vanish. But there's a downside to this as well - the more laser treatments you have, the more risk you put yourself at for skin damage, so beware.
Unfortunately, laser treatment is not without its pain issues. It's been defined as having hot grease spatter on your skin. And, laser treatment for tattoo removal can greatly affect your pocketbook adversely as well. Some very large ones can shoot up to the thousands of dollars.
I can't stress enough at this point the importance of finding a qualified dermatologist to remove your true love's name. Reputation, experience and concern for your health are some of the top things to look for. Only then will you be assured your imprint will be removed safely. If you don't know any, ask your family doctor for a referral.
Remember, you are probably not alone in wanting to have tattoo removal. It's been estimated over half of the people who initially got one, will have it removed some time or other within their lifetime. With a little expert help, you could be one of them.
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Tuesday, 28 August 2012
The 3-D Printing of Body Art Future Considered
Anyone who has ever had a tattoo is usually asked by their friends if it hurt. Sometimes it does hurt, sometimes the pain threshold is not that bad, and sometimes it is painful as hell, or at least they say. I'm not sure if in the future it has to be that way, nor do I assume that the tattoo artist of yesterday will be the person inflicting that pain in the future of tomorrow. Indeed, I'd like to discuss this with you for a few moments if I might because I see some technology on the horizon which lends itself very well to this industry sector.
Imagine sticking one of your body parts into a machine and it scored, etched, sliced, and 3-D printed a tattoo or piece of artwork on your skin. Sure it might be painful or maybe not, why not you ask, well the machine would sense where all the nerve endings were and administer local anesthesia using an ultra-thin array of fine needles on the scale of 10% the size of a human hair prior to beginning the printing sequence. Okay so, now that I've piqued your curiosity, let's take all this to a higher level.
What I'm talking about is the future of 3-D printing of tattoos and body art. Whereas, it is true that today you can take in any picture of anything you'd like to a tattoo artist and they can draw that on your skin, there is a lot of difference between artistic ability when it comes to tattoo artists. What if every tattoo was perfect every time? No more of those jailhouse type tattoos at the local tattoo parlor. We are talking works of art, each and every one of them. After all, that's why they call it body art, and it should be art, as it is a statement of personal individuality. Can a machine do it better you wonder?
Absolutely, flawlessly, that is unless you yank your arm, leg or torso out of the machine prematurely. But even so, if you wiggle, squirm, or move, the machine would sense movement, stop, and then start again when you stopped moving finding the exact place where it left off using visual imaging technologies. If you moved it might pull up on the cutting device in 1000th of a second, much faster than the reflexes of a tattoo artist. In the future it will be machines doing 3-D body art, not humans. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
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Imagine sticking one of your body parts into a machine and it scored, etched, sliced, and 3-D printed a tattoo or piece of artwork on your skin. Sure it might be painful or maybe not, why not you ask, well the machine would sense where all the nerve endings were and administer local anesthesia using an ultra-thin array of fine needles on the scale of 10% the size of a human hair prior to beginning the printing sequence. Okay so, now that I've piqued your curiosity, let's take all this to a higher level.
What I'm talking about is the future of 3-D printing of tattoos and body art. Whereas, it is true that today you can take in any picture of anything you'd like to a tattoo artist and they can draw that on your skin, there is a lot of difference between artistic ability when it comes to tattoo artists. What if every tattoo was perfect every time? No more of those jailhouse type tattoos at the local tattoo parlor. We are talking works of art, each and every one of them. After all, that's why they call it body art, and it should be art, as it is a statement of personal individuality. Can a machine do it better you wonder?
Absolutely, flawlessly, that is unless you yank your arm, leg or torso out of the machine prematurely. But even so, if you wiggle, squirm, or move, the machine would sense movement, stop, and then start again when you stopped moving finding the exact place where it left off using visual imaging technologies. If you moved it might pull up on the cutting device in 1000th of a second, much faster than the reflexes of a tattoo artist. In the future it will be machines doing 3-D body art, not humans. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
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