Tattoo

seeking the self Tattoos have been around for years, however, Millennials are getting more body ink than any generation. Known for being the trophy generation who are notoriously criticized for forging their distinctive lifestyle and having commitment issues, Millennials are swiftly redefining are norms. Most young people have struggled at some point with figuring out who they might be but millennials who “lack loyalty” are committing to tattoos not only to express their identity non-verbally but also to help define it. Millennials are relying on tattoos as a way to establish of who they actually are and nothing better than permanent body ink reminds one of who they are choosing to be. Now, more than ever before we are living in a world that is so chaotic we are constantly trying to redefine ourselves and recreating ourselves both online and in real life. We continue to be struck by rapid and unpredictable change such as…

noticed a visible tattoo on someone that was in my age range, and I remember analyzing the tattoo and thinking how beautiful each detail was. It wasn’t until a couple of days of getting to know this person that I noticed how no one would sit with him, or talk to him. Then I started seeing how teachers didn’t take his input seriously and unintentionally dismissed him, almost like if they were assuming there wasn’t anything they could do for him. It was as if his tattoo automatically declared the…

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…

Motivation for Tattoos Tattoos and psychological standpoints on them are a bountiful topic full of study and data collection ranging from gender, race and perception and many more why people get tattoos is always discussed. In the words of Dillon Haley, and the American Psychological Association (2017) “The general motivations for getting tattoos and piercings have tended to fall into the same three categories for hundreds of years:(a) a symbol of an important past event, love, or friendship,…

Tattoos are one of the most controversial things that we can do to our bodies. Even when the ink going onto somebodies’ skin does not affect us, we still have our opinion on it, and some of us are not afraid to speak up about it. Some people hate them, they think tattoos are trashy or a form of destructive vandalism on the temples that we call our bodies. Other people may be head over heels in love with the idea of being able to adorn our bodies with a permanent picture. With all the controversy…

Shenanigans Tattoo: A Refreshing Twist of a Tattoo Parlor Like others, I had a complete mock up of what I thought a tattoo parlor would be envisioned in my mind. Provocative art work would cover every inch of the walls, floors concealed with dirt, and unsanitary couches as well as chipped paint that looked like it had been there since the dawn of time. I was reluctant, to say the least, that I could be wrong about this stereotype as well as the stereotypes that follow the men and women that work…

once in his or her lifetime, if not, every other day. The popularity of tattoos has grown a lot with the beginning of the 21st century, and they have become more and more accepted and tolerated. A poll conducted by Fox News in March 2014 suggests that one out of every five Americans who voted has at least one or more tattoos (13). The most common reasons to get a tattoo are to perpetuate something of value – a dead or living person and religious views, or to express individuality. A lot of…

Topic of Interest Paper Most elderly clients view personal trainers with tattoos negatively. For clarification, when I refer to elderly, I mean people aged 65 and older. This belief is inspired by the fact that the current generation of elderly people didn’t have as many tattooed individuals as is the case in this day and age. As one of my professors put it, “If you had a tattoo back then, you were cool. [And] It symbolized that you were part of a gang.” In that example, the word gang refers to…

on their bodies in the form of tattoos. Tattoos are now becoming less taboo than they once were. In the past, if a person had tattoos then people would either think that they were in a gang, freak show, or a sailor. I have chosen to explore the perception of tattoos and more specifically, tattoos in the work place. Tattoos in the work place specifically interest me for the career that I am choosing to enter. The way that people view tattoos has a big impact on my career and me because one day I…

People can get skin infections while they are doing tattoos. The Arkansas-based National Center for Toxicological Research, research chemist Paul Howard, and his team are investing that the chemical composition of the inks breaks down the metabolism and enzymes in the body (FDA). Also according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, they emphasized how many sterile needles are important before they get the tattoo; unsterile tattooing equipment and needles can transmit infectious…