Tattoo & Piercing
A tattoo is an art in which a mark or sign made on the skin for decorative purpose or for any other reasons. This is mostly applied on the human and animal.
This art on the human body are mostly for the purpose of body modification while on the animals for the purpose of identification. It is in use worldwide like the Ainu original people of Japan apply facial tattoo.
Piercing is an art as the tattoo art and has been in practice by people worldwide from long times. In this art people marks on his/her body for decorative purposes.
Tattoo is a widespread practice of Philippines, Polynesian, Africa, South America, Borneo, North America, Europe, Japan and China. Sometimes they wore it in tribal groups.
This art is popular and continue all over the world. There may be various purpose of using Tattoo and piercing art these includes identification, Decorative, cosmetic etc.
Tattoo as decorative purpose served as means of passage, marks of rank, spiritual devotion, bravery decoration, punishment and marks of fertility. Today people use this art for many religious and magical reasons and to symbolize the particular group. This mostly used in criminal gangs for belonging to or identification purpose. Some wears on the face for make up purpose. Thailand and Yantra tattoo use this as protection against the evil.
People also use tattoo and piercing for identification purposes. They use this art for identification purpose on animal for identifying them easily. Early they apply tattoo on pets, horses and show animals as a mark for identification. Like pet dogs and cat are identified with serial numbers.
Piercing and Tattoo is also used as a form of cosmetic this include a permanent makeup and hiding the face because tattoos is helpful in enhancing the eyebrows and lips and even moles. Many people are expert in the tattoo art and they are doing there employment. These people use some special equipment for piercing purposes that are designed specially for it.
Tattoo and piercing is requiring the breaking the skin barrier that is sometimes risky for the health. This risk may be allergic reactions and infection. Since tattoo and piercing equipment come in the contact of blood than it may be became infection because these instrument survive many people. Sometime it also causes allergic reaction.
Finally in conclusion, tattoo is a fine art that has been used from long time worldwide for decorative purposes. This is good if tattoo instrument are good and they should not be able to generate any infection.