Body Art

Many people have Tattoos and piercings because they think that is art, and sure, it is.

The Tattoos in the past used to be in some cultures for represent the importance of the people has leaders in the town or culture, in other cultures to represent the high and low power. In our days the people uses tattoos to represent something special in their lives or to mean that they belong to some group or church.

The tattoo is made with indelible ink in the dermis with needles that change the pigment and color in the skin, are temporally tattoos and the permanents. Now the people that don’t want anymore the tattoo can take it away whit a surgery.

The piercings are normal for many people but in the ears, also our ancients the Mayans used to have a lot of piercings in the face, including the eyebrows, tongue, mouth, cheeks and nose. Some people pierce for religious or spiritual reasons, while others just use it because of the esthetic or sexual pleasure.

The tattoos and piercings have disadvantages because of the tools for put it in the body; both works directly with the skin and the incorrect use of the instruments could affect the health with allergic reactions and infections.