friend, Reem, “What is that thing on your neck?” Reem replied with a big smile on, “Owh It’s my new tattoo. Last week, I saw Maher AlKhaja posted a picture on Instagram with a tattoo on his neck, so I decided to get a temporary one that looks like his. Do you like it?” I asked her, “And do you know what the bad effects of having a tattoo are?” Reem carelessly answered, “No.” I said, “Girl, this tattoo could cause skin cancer. You should check for the side effects before you do a thing like this.” Reem
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passage concludes information on how the styles changed over time and how people look upon the groups of people with them. The idea on tattoos have been changed from 12000BC to this present day, some people believe they heal you and some believe it’s to indicate criminals and people who committed crimes and felonies (A Brief History of Tattoos). The history of tattoos has dated back to 12000BC and longer but no physical evidence can prove this theory. There is however physical prove of tattooing in
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This report will summarise the findings based on historical evidence and theories to explore the mystery of Otzi the Iceman. The iceman is one of the oldest mummies in the world and is also a ‘wet mummy’ which means humidity is retained in individual cells and as such the body tissue is elastic and therefore suitable for performing scientific investigations. The iceman is also a natural mummy having had no burial rites or any other intervention. There is mystery around the death of the iceman
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Each day tattoo artist are tattooing more and more people. Tattoos have become a normal appearance to see on anyone. In today’s society, many citizens think badly of people with ink. It is becoming tough to obtain jobs because the business industry tends to judge tattoos as unprofessional. Honestly, it is not any different than someone expressing themselves with a hairstyle, or clothing choice. Some of the best staff members could be looked over due to the ink on their skin. A person’s skin does
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Tattoos and Their Effect on the Working Environment A lot of people would not want to be stabbed with a needle 50 times just to have ink embedded into their skin, but there are a lot of people who do because it is their way to put something on their body permanently and have it mean a great deal to them. Tattoos, which are an expressive way to show yourself, are being shown as disrespectful in the working environment, and therefore people are not getting the benefits they need. The art of a tattoo
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Big Tattoo Boom You see them everywhere you go. They are on the waitress who are serving you dinner, the veteran waiting for medical care, and even on the football players we watch on television. According to Dictionary.com, a tattoo is done by marking the skin with indelible patterns, pictures, and legends by making punctures in it and inserting pigments. Tattoos which date back to hundreds, even thousands of years ago have slowly grown into a booming business. Many things about the tattoo world
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Tattoo culture and influence in society Nowadays, tattoo has been regarded as a sign of fashion. “A trend that started growing in America and Europe in the early '90s, tattooing soon became so popular that 36% of Americans aged 25-29 had at least one body tattoo by 2003(Julie Genser 2007).” However, tattoo could probably bring health risks to tattoo carrier. Historically, tattoo originally is the nation’s cultural and symbolic, different tattoo pictures have own meaning and even it is a symbol
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Although the current trend of tattoos reflects some pop cultural obsessions with individuality and self- expression, this fad can result in some consequences in terms of health, money, addiction, and workplace regulations. In fact, it seems that everyone in the media as well as in everyday life is sporting tattoos. Although tattoos were previously worn by criminals, soldiers, sailors and gangs, this trend transitioned into a modern fashion statement. Tattoos have transformed from a sign of
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Executive Summary Tattoos has been around for a quite some time now and when it comes to finding the right artist can be quite difficult. For most people, when they decide to get a tattoo; they don’t often know the whole process or how to even begin. Without having the right knowledge, they usually end up finding the nearest tattoo shop and settling for what that shop is limited to offer. Most often getting their tattoo, they end up regretting it without having the right
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their own. Tattoos play an important role in many cultures. Every culture has its own methods of tattooing, the types of tattoos they receive, and what the tattoos symbolize. It is clear that people from one culture will view tattoos from another culture differently than tattoos worn within their own culture. When comparing tattoos between Russian prison inmates and everyday North American tattoos, several similarities and differences can be seen. North American and Russian prison tattoos are similar
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