Tattoos Informative Essay

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People have been etching tattoos into their skin since the beginning of time and as we look around us there is a high percentage of people all around the world that have tattoos. There are many things that go into tattooing and not many people know about it. The history behind tattoos is very interesting and it goes back to thousands of years. Also considering that there are many different types of ways to tattoo an individual, to remove unwanted tattoos, and to style the tattoo in a different ways. The history began back when the Egyptians started using body markings to symbolize fertility and nobility in the period from 4000-2000 BC. While other tattoos were given to kings and queens to show their hierarchy. The word “tattoo” was first …show more content…
Well, Gregory Paul McLaren now known as Lucky Diamond Rich is the Guinness World Record holder for being the most tattooed person alive. Having tattoos on 100% of his body. From a young age Lucky was interested in tattoos and after getting his first tattoo, he proceeded to have numerous different colorful tattoos of many designs from all around the world. Most recently, Lucky was not satisfied with his body artwork; therefore, he decided to have his whole body covered in black ink, including his eyelids, the delicate skin between the toes, into the ears, and even his gums; he is covered from top to toe. Now he is having artist, who spent more than 1000 hours coloring his body, tattoo using white ink over the black ink. In conclusion, the art of tattoos has been around for thousand of years and it has grown to become more than just a symbol of honor or nobility, but to a way people could express themselves with artwork on their skin. When it comes to tattoos there are thunders of different styles and ways to be tattooed, so it is important that you do your research about what you want before getting anything done and to make sure that everything is safe and clean because there are many risk factors if not done the right way. However, if you do end up with a tattoo that you regret there are ways to get that it

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