Tattos and Piercings

Tattos and Piercings

Piercing and Tattoos

Also called: Body art, Body piercing Piercings and tattoos are body

decorations that go back to ancient times. Body piercing involves making a hole in the skin so that you can insert jewelry. This is often in the earlobe, but can be in other parts of the body. Tattoos are designs on the skin made with needles and colored ink. Permanent makeup is a type of tattoo.

Why a tatto? Why a piercing?

Why people like this kind of things? fashion, stereotypes, influences, friends?

Tattoos

The popularity of tattoos has been increasing in recent years. Today it is just as common to find tattoos on women as it is on men. There are some good reasons for this. Tattoos give you the chance to stand out and broadcast who you are. Most tattoos are picked not just for their design, but also their symbolic meaning. It may relate to what the person believes, showing that they belong to a certain group, or even demonstrating loyalty to a loved one. Many people simply use tattoos as a means for expressing their freedom.

piercings

Body piercing is the practice of puncturing or cutting a part of the human body, creating an opening in which jewellery may be worn. Body piercing is a form of body modification. The word piercing can refer to the act or practice of body piercing, or to an opening in the body created by this act or practice. The cultural norms reflected in body piercing are various. They may include religion, spirituality, fashion, eroticism, conformism, or subcultural identification.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1al9n_the-complete-story-of-tattoo_events

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbUAiWG_Fvc&feature=related

And you are ready to get a tattoo or piercing?

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