Laser Tattoo Removal

                                                                   The procedure:

Depending on the size and colour of your tattoo, the number of treatments will vary on how much it will take to remove the tattoo.

 Treatment with the laser varies from patient to patient depending on the age, size, and type of tattoo. The colour of the patient's skin also is a factor.

 In general this is what happens when a patient arrives at the clinic:

·         Protective eye shields are placed on the patient.

·         The skin's reaction to the laser is tested to determine the most effective energy for treatment.

·         The treatment itself consists of placing a hand piece against the surface of the skin and activating the laser light.

·         In either case, the tattoo requires several treatments and multiple visits. At each treatment, the tattoo should become noticeably lighter.

·         Immediately following treatment, an ice pack is applied to soothe the treated area. The patient will then be asked to apply an antibiotic cream or ointment. A bandage or patch will be used to protect the area and it should be covered with a sun cream when out in the sun.

·         Most patients do not need any anaesthesia. Although, depending on the location of the tattoo and the pain for the patient, the physician may say to use some anaesthesia.

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                                             This is basically how the laser works:

 Lasers remove tattoos by breaking up the pigment colours of the tattoo with a high-intensity light beam. Black tattoo pigment absorbs all laser wavelengths, making it the easiest to treat. Other colours can only be treated by selected lasers based upon the pigment colour.

          This information was found from: http://www.webmd.com/healthy-beauty/guide/laser-tattoo-removal                         

                                         



        Here is a video of a tattoo laser removal:  http://www.wimp.com/lasertattoo/

Reasons why people get tattoos

Many people get tattoos for different reasons. Some of these reasons include the birth of a child, some parents get their children’s names tattooed on their skin to symbolize their everlasting dedication and love to them.

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                    Others get tattoos in memory of a loved one and to never forget them.

                        

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Some silly people get tattoos of their boyfriend/girlfriend's name. They forget about how stupid it would look if they ever broke up!

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Gang tattoos

Tattoos are used to identify people in different cultures. Gang members have gang tattoos to represent many different things and mainly to represent their involvement in a gang. They are sometimes worn if a gang member has spent time in prison, other tattoos such as a tear drop might be worn under the eye, spider webs to indicate prison time or a popular saying as “Thug life”.

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Tattoos can be worn and used for intimidation; many members of a gang have their gangs name tattooed in large bold letters to warn off any other gangs.

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The tear drop tattoo originated from Hispanic gangs in California in the 1940s. Others say it originated in Mexico and Puerto Rico. Over the years the tattoo has evolved in appearance and meaning. Originally it was believed to mean that the wearer had served time in prison.

 There are three different types of tear drop tattoos; the open tear drop meant that the wearer had killed someone, the closed tear drop meant that the wearer had lost a friend or relative, the half-filled tear drop it is supposedly to symbolize the fact that someone close to the wearer was killed and the wearer killed the person who killed their friend/relative.

Also it has been rumoured that inmates in the Australian penal system who are child molesters or sexual predators, are being forced into getting a tattoo of a tear drop to alert others to the crime committed by that person.

 

Indian Ink tattoo

The process of making India ink was known in China as far back as the middle of the 3rd millennium BC, during Neolithic times. India ink was first invented in China, but the source of materials to make the carbon pigment in India ink was later traded from India, so the term India ink was used.  The traditional Chinese method of making the ink was to grind a mixture of hide glue, carbon black, lampblack, and bone black pigment with a pestle and mortar before pouring it into a ceramic dish where it could dry. In order to use the dry mixture, a wet brush would be applied until it reliquified. The manufacture of India ink was established by the Cao Wei Dynasty (220–265 AD). Historically the ink used in China were in the form of ink sticks made of lampblack and animal glue.

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Tribal tattoos

The history of tattooing belongs to many great countrys, and as the art travelled across the globe, the styles, methods and meanings were adapted to the various tribes which used the practice of tattooing within their culture.

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Presently, the art of the Maori, Polynesian, Samoans and Mesoamerican peoples such as the Aztec are popular and are referred to as 'tribal' in the West, but the practice of tattooing extends to many other tribes, such as the Iban of Borneo, the tribes of the Philippines, and the people of the Mentawai islands, whose art is less well known. What's currently known as tribal scarification has long been common practice amongst the tribes of Africa, where tribes such as the Makonde of Mozambique have changed their practices very little throughout the ages. It's from West Africa that the Adinkra symbols emerged and spread across the globe. Practices such as Yantra Tattooing, as found in Cambodia, also have their roots in spiritual teachings, and their designs and traditional methods are closely related too much of tribal tattooing history.

Hello im Christine, a transition year student of wesley college, I have decided to set up a blog about the origins of tattoos and the different types that people can get, basically the geography of them. Geography is part of nearly everything that is in the world, so I chose an interest of mine which is tattoos.