Want a tattoo? Know the price
YES, tattoos seem like a really cool thing to have. Mike Tyson the boxer has a number of them as does rapper 50 Cent and Simply Red lead singer Mick Hucknall. Here in Uganda, Capital FM presenter Karitas Karisimbi has one as does GM Tumpeco’s Billy Blick.
By Olivia Nalubwama
YES, tattoos seem like a really cool thing to have. Mike Tyson the boxer has a number of them as does rapper 50 Cent and Simply Red lead singer Mick Hucknall. Here in Uganda, Capital FM presenter Karitas Karisimbi has one as does GM Tumpeco’s Billy Blick.
Some actually look fabulous. We are talking about tattoos of the permanent kind not the temporary make-up stunts.
Permanent tattoos are supposed to last as long as you last. Yet, if you are going to get something that is going to be with you every waking moment- then you need to know its origins.
The origins of tattoos are steeped in paganism, demonism, Baal worship, shamanism, mysticism, heathenism, cannibalism and every other pagan belief on your mind.
In Fiji, New Zealand and some North American tribes, tattooing was looked at as a religious ceremony. Tattooing involved complex secret rituals and taboos only known to the priests.
These rituals were connected with the ancient rites of blood-letting where the people would cut themselves and let their blood flow as sacrifice to their gods. These religious practices were meant to put the human soul in harmony with the supernatural forces.
The Ojibwa tribe in South America believe that those suffering from headaches and toothaches were tattooed on the cheeks, forehead and temples. It was believed that the aches were from malevolent spirits. Songs and dances supposed to exorcise the demons accompanied the tattooing process.
Ancient tribes used tattoos as identification in the afterlife. Roland Scutt tells of the Mohave Indians in Lower Colorado who institituted chin tattooing for both sexes.
They believed that at death, a judge looks over everyone who goes over to the Land of the Dead and if a man doesn’t have marks on his face, the judge sends him down where the desert rats are!
Other Indian tribes believed that on the way to heaven, an old woman would stop the dead and search for tattoos on the forehead, chin and wrists. If the tattoos were absent, the ‘unlucky’ dead would be pushed off a dizzy height to fall back to earth with no hope or ever gaining entry into the spirit world ever.
Some of the reasons today as to why people get tattoos do not differ much from the above.
As tattooing crept into mainstream society, it was at first associated with society’s misfits. Tattoos were used to mark criminals, adulterers, traitors and deserters. It was a mark of disgrace and reproach.
Today it is a rather different case; anyone with the guts can get a tattoo. Now tattoos are cool, fashionable and are also a bold statement about the wearer.
The most popular tattooed image today is the ‘grinning skull’ according to authors Henry Ferguson and Lynn Procter in their book, The Art of the Tattoo. Death and darkness have always been a classic tattoo theme hence tattoos of snakes, skulls, demons, spider webs, spiders, crosses, cross bones and the Devil.
The Bible in Leviticus 19:28 associates tattoos with the dead.
Other popular themes of tattoos include fire, flames, hell, serpents and dragons. And Hell would be lost without Satan. Biblically, the serpent and the dragon represent the Devil.
Drawing from ancient beliefs, skulls imprinted depictions of the Grim Reaper on the skin are meant to ward off death. To some people, having the Grim Reaper and the Devil on your skin is a terrible case of blasphemy.
Christians not only see the tattoo as a mark of death but of hell too. Tattoos are considered a curse. It is said that no matter how simple the tattoo is, it enslaves the wearer in the spirit world.
Besides the spiritual suicide involved, there’s your dear health to worry about. The first case of reported syphilis in 1853 was via a tattooist’s needle.
It is said actress Pamela Anderson contracted the deadly Hepatitis C from a simple small ‘TOMMY’ tattoo. Tommy is now her ex-husband.
Tattoos carry a serious risk of acquiring deadly diseases like AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, tetanus, syphilis, tuberculosis and other blood borne diseases. Other dangers from tattoos include chronic keloid scarring, scarcoid, allergic dermatitis, psoriasis, benign or malignant tumours and photosensitivity reactions. Dr. P. Fischer at the University of Texas, USA, discovered that the commercial tattoo may be the number one distributor of Hepatitis C.
The risk is greater with tattoos because ‘tattooing machine can puncture the skin 3,000 times a minute. And every one of those thousands of punctures creates a hole 1/64 to 1/16th of an inch into the dermis that literally invites infection and disease. Every single puncture of the tattoo needle opens up the real possibility of blood-borne disease. The average tattoo takes about 60 minutes.
Yet the most common problem with tattoos is dissatisfaction. Research shows that 80% of people who get a tattoo regret it.
Put that smile back on your face, tattoos are removable. It is not easy, but it can be done. Removal methods include laser treatments, abrasion, scarification and surgery.
The laser treatment is painful and expensive. The treatment may just lighten the tattoo. Tattoos by commercial parlours are more difficult to remove because they go deeper into the skin, the ink more complex and thicker.
So there you have it — tattoos are not a very wise investment!
Additional information from www.vanishingtattoo.com
YES, tattoos seem like a really cool thing to have. Mike Tyson the boxer has a number of them as does rapper 50 Cent and Simply Red lead singer Mick Hucknall. Here in Uganda, Capital FM presenter Karitas Karisimbi has one as does GM Tumpeco’s Billy Blick.
Some actually look fabulous. We are talking about tattoos of the permanent kind not the temporary make-up stunts.
Permanent tattoos are supposed to last as long as you last. Yet, if you are going to get something that is going to be with you every waking moment- then you need to know its origins.
The origins of tattoos are steeped in paganism, demonism, Baal worship, shamanism, mysticism, heathenism, cannibalism and every other pagan belief on your mind.
In Fiji, New Zealand and some North American tribes, tattooing was looked at as a religious ceremony. Tattooing involved complex secret rituals and taboos only known to the priests.
These rituals were connected with the ancient rites of blood-letting where the people would cut themselves and let their blood flow as sacrifice to their gods. These religious practices were meant to put the human soul in harmony with the supernatural forces.
The Ojibwa tribe in South America believe that those suffering from headaches and toothaches were tattooed on the cheeks, forehead and temples. It was believed that the aches were from malevolent spirits. Songs and dances supposed to exorcise the demons accompanied the tattooing process.
Ancient tribes used tattoos as identification in the afterlife. Roland Scutt tells of the Mohave Indians in Lower Colorado who institituted chin tattooing for both sexes.
They believed that at death, a judge looks over everyone who goes over to the Land of the Dead and if a man doesn’t have marks on his face, the judge sends him down where the desert rats are!
Other Indian tribes believed that on the way to heaven, an old woman would stop the dead and search for tattoos on the forehead, chin and wrists. If the tattoos were absent, the ‘unlucky’ dead would be pushed off a dizzy height to fall back to earth with no hope or ever gaining entry into the spirit world ever.
Some of the reasons today as to why people get tattoos do not differ much from the above.
As tattooing crept into mainstream society, it was at first associated with society’s misfits. Tattoos were used to mark criminals, adulterers, traitors and deserters. It was a mark of disgrace and reproach.
Today it is a rather different case; anyone with the guts can get a tattoo. Now tattoos are cool, fashionable and are also a bold statement about the wearer.
The most popular tattooed image today is the ‘grinning skull’ according to authors Henry Ferguson and Lynn Procter in their book, The Art of the Tattoo. Death and darkness have always been a classic tattoo theme hence tattoos of snakes, skulls, demons, spider webs, spiders, crosses, cross bones and the Devil.
The Bible in Leviticus 19:28 associates tattoos with the dead.
Other popular themes of tattoos include fire, flames, hell, serpents and dragons. And Hell would be lost without Satan. Biblically, the serpent and the dragon represent the Devil.
Drawing from ancient beliefs, skulls imprinted depictions of the Grim Reaper on the skin are meant to ward off death. To some people, having the Grim Reaper and the Devil on your skin is a terrible case of blasphemy.
Christians not only see the tattoo as a mark of death but of hell too. Tattoos are considered a curse. It is said that no matter how simple the tattoo is, it enslaves the wearer in the spirit world.
Besides the spiritual suicide involved, there’s your dear health to worry about. The first case of reported syphilis in 1853 was via a tattooist’s needle.
It is said actress Pamela Anderson contracted the deadly Hepatitis C from a simple small ‘TOMMY’ tattoo. Tommy is now her ex-husband.
Tattoos carry a serious risk of acquiring deadly diseases like AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, tetanus, syphilis, tuberculosis and other blood borne diseases. Other dangers from tattoos include chronic keloid scarring, scarcoid, allergic dermatitis, psoriasis, benign or malignant tumours and photosensitivity reactions. Dr. P. Fischer at the University of Texas, USA, discovered that the commercial tattoo may be the number one distributor of Hepatitis C.
The risk is greater with tattoos because ‘tattooing machine can puncture the skin 3,000 times a minute. And every one of those thousands of punctures creates a hole 1/64 to 1/16th of an inch into the dermis that literally invites infection and disease. Every single puncture of the tattoo needle opens up the real possibility of blood-borne disease. The average tattoo takes about 60 minutes.
Yet the most common problem with tattoos is dissatisfaction. Research shows that 80% of people who get a tattoo regret it.
Put that smile back on your face, tattoos are removable. It is not easy, but it can be done. Removal methods include laser treatments, abrasion, scarification and surgery.
The laser treatment is painful and expensive. The treatment may just lighten the tattoo. Tattoos by commercial parlours are more difficult to remove because they go deeper into the skin, the ink more complex and thicker.
So there you have it — tattoos are not a very wise investment!
Additional information from www.vanishingtattoo.com