It looks like more and more have a tattoo lately. Until now they were found only on criminals, seafarers and gang members is now a popular body jewelry for many more. And there are not only ship-anchors, scorpions, and warships anymore, from now on animals to Greek scripts even to personal symbols, lots of people have their way to express their personality with their tattoos. Even you may have thought about getting a tattoo. But until you run down to the nearest tattoo saloon and take your shirt off, there are some things you want to read.
A deeper look into tattoos.
A tattoo is made up of small wounds, deep into the skin, that are instantly filled with ink. The wounds are made by a needle that penetrates the and the needle leaves the ink into the area, thus generating the design needed. Tattoos are almost everlasting because the needles go deep meaning that the ink isn’t injected into the epidermis (the first layer of skin that is produced constantly and discarded throughout your lifetime). But, the ink is injected in a second, deeper layer of the skin, which is the dermis. This dermis cells are so stable that the ink remains virtually forever into the skin.
Tattoos were done by hand meaning that the tattoo artist was puncturing the skin with a sharp object (needle) and inject the ink by hand. This procedure is still in use in some forgotten places in the world. Many tattoo shops use a tattoo gun for a long time now. A tattoo machine is an electric instrument witch uses many needles that slide trough a shaft. The sterilized needles (or needle, depending on the machine type), are attached to tubes that contain ink. When the machine is switched on the needles move in and out while taking the ink about 3 millimeters (1/8 inch) into the skin.
Most tattoo specialists know how deep to go with the needle into the skin, but not succeeding in going deep enough will result in a shredded tattoo, and going too deep into the skin will cause bleeding and lots of pain. Making a tattoo can take a couple of hours, determined by the design and the size.
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