Body modification

researched that “44 percent of managers said they had tattoos or body piercings in places other than the ears”. Many employers turn down a great candidate for the job because of visible piercings and tattoos but don’t consider their qualifications for the position. Discrimination in the workplace occurs every day due to body art. Businesses should not take body art into consideration when hiring a potential employee because body art is growing popular in all age groups, it doesn’t affect…

Throughout history different cultures at different times have used different forms of body art to express spirituality, religion, and social views. From once being a stick with ink on it and now advancing to modern day shops with sanitation and regulations, tattoos have evolved since then. Each area, placing a stigma of the art, or using it for the opposite like showing a higher social status. Modern day tattoos make a place for themselves in everyday culture. There are thousands of different…

At one time, you only saw tattoos only sailors, prisoners, and rebels. Today millions of people have tattoos. Tattoos have many different meanings. Also, make sure you think very carefully on what you want-no turning back. Tattoos are great ways to start up a conversation. Today, there are more than 45 million people who have tattoos and over 4,000 shops in the US. Many people get tattoos as a form of expressing themselves. Tattoos have many meaning from honoring a memory to just like the…

thinking about the acceptance of tattoos. The presence or absence of artwork on other people’s bodies is no one’s business but their very own. I decided to take a look at just how many professionals are scrutinized for their choices. Upon googling “doctors with tattoos” I was shocked to see that the majority of the popular links lead me to aspiring doctors asking strangers what they might do to alter their body. In response to these posts, very fortunate tattooed professionals responded, as…

good and bad, with no gray in between. That any body modification, be it tattoos, piercings, implants, or anything done to the body permanently is bad and leaving the body alone and not changing it is good. However, it’s not all black and white for me. There are many reasons someone could get a body modification. One reason someone could get a body modification would be a health concern. I realize that may sound ridiculous but sometimes a person's body is shaped in a way that will harm them.…

In “Body of Work” by Rita Pyrillis, she interviews and tells stories of people that have tattoos and are in the professional workforce. She discusses if having these effects getting or keeping a job. Many people believe that tattoos and piercings are a negative thing. Rita doesn’t give her personal opinion if tattoos should be accepted or not but she shows how they are seen in the professional world. It is just facts and answers from interviews. She explores how people deal with tattoos in the…

However, although starting as an underground movement against the mainstream culture, this body art has thrived and proven itself as an iconic art for many generations of Americans. Tattooing has existed for hundreds of years, and its influence still…

irezumi artist is not only hard to find, but very expensive and time consuming. Most western tattoo artist will charge couple hundred to almost thousand dollars per hour depending on the difficulty of the tattoo. A traditional irezumi, which is a full body suit, can take up to five years and cost up to $30,000. Unlike western tattoos, traditional irezumi artists tend to go back and forth on the customer's idea on what they would like to do and also have the right to refuse an offer. Lastly,…

as long as possible. Check out any new tattoo, compare it to one that is two or three years old, and you'll instantly see what is meant here. Tattoo ink fades, and the worse the quality of the ink the quicker that happens. Look at a new tat on the body of a man or woman who has had previous work done in the past. The new tattoo is bright and bold next to the less obtrusive colours of the older images. The grail quest of the tattooist's art is to find those elusive tattoo inks that really work -…

means an act of impulse. Tattoos are used as a form of expression when words are just simply not enough because when your words fail you, you still have art to turn to. It takes courage to deal with the long process of getting a tattoo inked onto your body. Having a needle, or several needles depending on if it is a color tattoo, sticking into your skin over and over again just for one line and repeating for hours until the picture is done is not a fun process. To take the time to preserve a…