All About Tattoos Today
It's hard to look authentically rebellious or menacing these days, when even well-behaved businessmen wear earrings and ponytails and college students destined for quiet suburban lives have body piercings and tattoos.
Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical branding or extreme violation of the human body that many thought they once were. In the city of New York there are almost 1,400 licensed tattoo artists, tattoos are probably better and safer now than they've ever been - more creative and varied, applied in many cases by serious, highly skilled body artists.
But if you think about for a minute, there are bad tattoos, and there are very cool tattoo art designs. I wouldn't think that the average person in today's society with one smartly positioned and precisely hid tattoo, or for that case a the young teenage guy with his girlfriend's name and a love symbol for a tattoo showing on his bicep, will ever have tattoo art on the fingers and buttock's area, or a full upper chest piece.
Some tattoo enthusiasts have literally transformed massive parts of their bodies into tattooed works of art like canvases with designs such as of evil skulls, symbols, dinosaurs, scary looking dragons, floral designs, horses and pets, angels, devils, daggers, and even entire war scenes on the bodies.
Tattoos have been used for centuries to reflect changes in life status, whether passage into adulthood or induction into a group like the military or a gang. In recent years, tattoos have also become a fashion accessory, a trend fueled by basketball players, bands and celebrities.
A report by the Food and Drug Administration estimated that as many as 45 million Americans have tattoos. The report based the number on the finding by a Harris Interactive Poll in 2003 that 16 percent of all adults and 36 percent of people 25 to 29 had at least one tattoo. The poll also found that 17 percent of tattooed Americans regretted it. And a tattoo that cost several hundred dollars could require several thousand dollars and many laser sessions to remove.
Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical branding or extreme violation of the human body that many thought they once were. In the city of New York there are almost 1,400 licensed tattoo artists, tattoos are probably better and safer now than they've ever been - more creative and varied, applied in many cases by serious, highly skilled body artists.
But if you think about for a minute, there are bad tattoos, and there are very cool tattoo art designs. I wouldn't think that the average person in today's society with one smartly positioned and precisely hid tattoo, or for that case a the young teenage guy with his girlfriend's name and a love symbol for a tattoo showing on his bicep, will ever have tattoo art on the fingers and buttock's area, or a full upper chest piece.
Some tattoo enthusiasts have literally transformed massive parts of their bodies into tattooed works of art like canvases with designs such as of evil skulls, symbols, dinosaurs, scary looking dragons, floral designs, horses and pets, angels, devils, daggers, and even entire war scenes on the bodies.
Tattoos have been used for centuries to reflect changes in life status, whether passage into adulthood or induction into a group like the military or a gang. In recent years, tattoos have also become a fashion accessory, a trend fueled by basketball players, bands and celebrities.
A report by the Food and Drug Administration estimated that as many as 45 million Americans have tattoos. The report based the number on the finding by a Harris Interactive Poll in 2003 that 16 percent of all adults and 36 percent of people 25 to 29 had at least one tattoo. The poll also found that 17 percent of tattooed Americans regretted it. And a tattoo that cost several hundred dollars could require several thousand dollars and many laser sessions to remove.
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