How Do Tattoos Change Over Time

First, Many people choose to get a tattoo to commemorate a loved one who has passed or celebrate a special event in their lives. "Tattoos are a wonderful way to keep the memory alive of that special person". When getting a tattoo, people should take the reason into consideration and decide whether it is something they want for a lifetime. Tattoos are very personal and should be treated as such.

As a newly 18 year old, there are two tattoos on my body. One symbolizes the dirt that one collects while being blown in the direction of a future. The other is a direct link to a faith. It points to a firm stance on a belief. Are there any regrets? Absolutely not. Tattoos are very captivating and alluring. They provoke conversation which causes a piece of a story to be left with each and every person encountered. Tattoos also allow a person to feel that they are themselves. Meaning that they feel that their body has individuality. Is the right tattoo ever really something that a person wants? Yes because it leaves a gesture hope and, it shows your intimacy.

Tattoo is a form of an art people use to express themselves without using words to describe who they really are. A lot of people do not recommend having a tattoo because they cannot be erased. Even though tattoos are permanent, painful, and expensive, people still get them for various reasons. One reason is to show religious beliefs, another is for personal reasons, and the third is to show their true identity to the word.

Over 45 million people in the United States have at least one tattoo on their body. Many don’t realize how a tattoo can affect their lifestyle. Leeanne Padowski who wrote “Think Before You Ink” article has made a very interesting point on how it affects people’s lives. Tattoos can affect you on the job marketing, your appearance and your health.

According to Written on the Body by Jane Caplan, "Tattooing is one of many forms of irreversible forms of body alteration... and it is probably the oldest and most widespread [of these.]" Due to the age of tattooing as a whole, there are countless things one can learn

In her article “Tattoos are no longer permanent but removal can be a long and costly business,” Victoria Lambert (2015) explains that tattoos can be removed with laser, an injectable liquid and surgery. However, the process for each option is not only time consuming, expensive, painful, but can also have severe consequences. Lambert points out that most people, a while after they have been tattooed, figure out the useless of their body art, and decide to pay any price to get them removed. He affirms that the laser option, in addition, to being expensive, extensive and painful, can also cause skin disorders with the uncertainty of complete removal. Lambert also claims that another possibility, which is the liquid injectable, is not efficient

There are multiple reasons for individuals to tattoo their bodies and the reasons are usually individualistic and subjective. The experience of being tattooed is intricately bound up with one’s character,

Tattoos have been around throughout our history, from Egyptian times to the present day. Many people may say they know the history of tattoos, and where they originate from, but do they really? Does one know that there were reasons that some people had tattoos? There may be people who know the actual history of tattoos and body art and why one would decide to get one; however there are people who do not. To be able to understand the idea of tattoos, one should educate themselves to the history of tattoos. Although tattoos have been considered taboo and a stereotype, history reveals that this particular form of body art has been used for self expression, status and

Rabbi Rob Dabrusin states that, “ We believe in teshuva, in repentance which, in this case, might be hard to “undo” in that tattoo removal is so difficult. But, we also need to keep perspective that as much as one might find tattooing objectionable and advise and teach against it, it should not today be viewed necessarily as a sign of unethical or immoral behavior and we should be more concerned about other actions that do have more serious implications for the world (Tattooing and).”

The decision to get a tattoo is personal and different for everyone. Tattoos are generally permanent additions to the body. Rushing into a design typically ends in regret. Taking a considerable amount of time to find the perfect design and the positioning on ones’ body may not be a bad idea. Unfortunately, there are far more tattoos that are spur-of-the-moment rather than thoroughly considered, meaningful, or commemorative tattoos. In Beth Janes’s article, “Why I Rue My Tattoo,” and Stephanie Dolgoff’s piece, “Tattoo Me Again and Again,” the authors describe the different processes that they went through when deciding to get their tattoos. Both authors discuss their reasons for getting their tattoos, the designs they chose to get, and

"The interesting thing about tattoo removal" says Ross Van Antwerp, the doctor who founded the Laser Center of Maryland, "Is that there's always a story behind every tattoo." She has heard thousands of stories since she started working there over 16 years. So many tattoos, so many stories. they all have one thing in common: somebody made a mistake and now wants to erase it. It's like in real life we all make mistakes we might regret later. the good thing is tattoos can be removed! Another example Woodby marriages, not all Mages are married till death takes a part people get divorces for many reasons.

People change as they grow older, so their likes and dislikes change over time. A person getting a tattoo of a mermaid now at the age of fifteen would not like that tattoo in five to ten years from now. Therefore, that person might want a tattoo removal, but what they don’t know is that tattoo removals are extremely costly. “Expect to pay $1,000 to remove even a fairly small sized tattoo if you are looking at laser surgery.”(Anderson 1). That person getting it remove will also notice a huge nasty scar from the surgery. Even if that person had health insurance, “Health insurance companies will not pay for tattoo removal because it is considered an aesthetic and elective surgery and not required for their physical health”(Anderson 2). The same

Most people may think that they want a tattoo, but are scared away the the somewhat painful process. Tattoos are permanent body art created by injecting ink into the skin using any number of extremely small tipped needles that puts the ink into the body. People have wildly different pain tolerances, so there is no clear way to judge how much they will actually hurt you in particular. And different places on the body hurt more then others. Some of the most painful places to get tattoos are your hands, feet, ankles, shins and ribcage. The pain level also changes due to how large the image will be, if you were to get a small tattoo, it will seem much less painful then a large one. The colors in the ink may change how well it will stay (not fade over time) and the overall price. Tattoo prices vary depending on how large it will be and what colors are used. Also it may change due to how long it takes to

Body modifications, with the focus of tattoos, have existed in our society for centuries and the way in which it is perceived has changed somewhat over the years, yet certain dishonors still remain our modern day. Like most body modifications, tattoos are an often misunderstood form of body modification. Despite the stigmas, tattoos have become a unique object of desire to endless diverse groups of people. But are the popular assumptions of tattoos out of sync with the true meaning behind them? Further explanation and exploration of the history will reveal the social and cultural practices of tattooing and the causal connection between the mind and the tattooed body, in addition to providing answers as to why tattoos stimulate uneasiness

     Finally, tattoos are permanent and very hard to get off. It would be hard to pick one design and to stick with that design for the rest of your life. Most people change their mind about everything at least three times. What may have seemed cool when you were 25 is completely different kind of cool when you are 55. Also, your body changes too. You won’t have the same body at 25 when you are 55. That tattoo will be there forever unless you decide to use laser surgery to have it remove, which would cost at least a thousand more than the tattoo itself. Then, after you have it removed you will still have a scar where the tattoo use to be. You could even end up in hell for having a tattoo. God created your human body and expected you to die with that human body. Which, if you get a tattoo it would be a creation