The most important part of getting a tattoo is knowing what you are getting yourself into. For some people that means knowing the history Behind the Ink and know initally where it all started.

When you get a tattoo, what you are actually doing is placing a pigment into your skin's dermis, which is the layer of tissue just under the epdermis or your outermost layer of skin. That's what makes the process so painful. You literally have to prick your skin over and over while the ink seeps into the small wounds. After your skin heals and the dead and dry skin flakes away you are left with your tattoo under a fresh layer of skin.

Though the process seems painful and most people would reject it some are addicted to it, because just like everything else that you do it can be addictive.

But what is the pigment or dye that you are putting into your skin? And how did this process all start?

Well, tattoos are dated as far back as the fourth to fifth millennium BCE that a mummy is said to have tattoos that were not as intricate as they are now, but they were simple dots and lines on various parts of the body. In other parts of the world simplistic tattooing was known as well.
But the further up you move in time the more heavily tattooed many of the tribes are. Tattooing was something that you did to define you as a person, to show how unique you are or to spiritually conected to whatever higher power you believe in.
But now tattoos are much more, they area way to remember those who we've lost, show that we are each unique, to military or religous reasons and sometimes just for fun [not recomended].
Tats are a big deal, you need to think wisely before you decide what you want, if you want it, and where you want it.
Most tattoo artists will ask or sit and talk with you about what you want and why before actually tattooing you, they are serious about what they do and do not want to brand someone for life too easily.

With this I want to explore the world and reasons behind tattoos. So many people inked with storys behind each drop.


Could you let the ink set in? Do you have the guts it takes?

Ink.

When you get a tattoo, are you actually putting ink into your skin? Or is it something else all together?
Actually Manufactures of inks don't have to release the contents of the ink at all. And there are many professionals that mix their own inks and pigments. Pigments are a material that changes the color of light it reflects.
So actually most tattoo inks aren't technically inks. They are pigments that are mostly made out of metal salts, but some are made of plastics and there are probably some vegetable dyes too. All the pigment does is provide the color of your tattoo. The purpose of the pigment is to color and to keep the color evenly mixed. It also helps to provide ease of application.

The problem with these 'inks' is when it comes to removing them the process is very painful and costly. Most people that have had to have a tattoo removed say that the process of it being taken off was more painful then getting the tattoo in the first place, so now they offer you an anesthetic if you wish to have one. Many people still try to go without one but give in eventually.
Now scientists are trying to come up with new inks that will either disappear after so much time, or ones that will be easier to remove and much less painful.
Though they have been trying for years now they have only come up with a few prototypes.
The only down side is that it would be more expensive.

So is it worth it? Paying EVEN more money for a tattoo that will either disappear or easily be taken off?