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The coolness of tattoo 

Is this what you want? A lifelong piece of art pushed into your skin, any way you want it. Tattoos had their highs and downs of coolness. Their story began years and years ago their use is versatile but no the safest way to have a memory all time with you. Going by timeline we must start before Christ. 

It's nothing new. Even in 3300 BCE people wore tattoos, though the today's meaning and use has differentiated. Tattoos have already started their career millenniums ago. 1991 the world’s oldest mummy was found by hikers- Özil the iceman. What no one would have expected, he had 57 designs tattooed.

 It is believed that they were used for therapeutic reason. It's not just a creation of the last years; tattoos have been present since about 5000 years. Later they were there to mark themselves indelibly according to their character and interests. But not only were they used back then to mark themselves, they had a special function in WW2.

140603. Not a date of birth. Not an anniversary date. Not a favorite number. But an identification number. Tattoos have multiple functions. Not only are they there to tattoo an identity piece of choice onto your skin, but also inWW2 the victims of the concentration camp in Auschwitz got serial numbers tattooed. By this progress it was easier to keep track of the people since there was such a large number. Even though this was a brutal time, the tattoo had a function and its permanency is another factor to make those times memorable. Tattoos are not just for fun, they learn and teach for the future. This period of history made the tattoo uncool and even ten years after the end of WW2.

H-A-T-E, L-O-V-E! This has increase a little bit the popularity of tattoos. First time tattoos have been cool again after decades.The movie ‘The knight of the hunter’ with Robert Michtum playing a sociopathic traveling preacher having ‘love’ and ‘hate’ inked onto his knuckles raised the popularity. Other modern stylish wanted variants were rock/roll and love/math. The right hand was the hand of love, therefore was the left the hand of hate. Just a movie had that much influence in people to change their view of tattoos. 

Skin color turning yellow?! A new study had limited the number of tattoos made drastically. There is a slight chance of getting a disease when having a tattoo done. American scientists have researched the link between diseases and tattoos. If the artist is not safe enough, there is the possibility of getting hepatitis B or C or even HIV. The reason is the needle, which gets in contact with the blood every time it is injected. When it is not isolated or has been applied on another costumer, you are exposed to any microbes of that person. Tattoos were not cool enough to have people still want it. Shocking facts always alarm people at the beginning, but mostly don’t last long. 

Back to cool. The 70’s, 80’s and mostly 90’s has brought the tattoo its coolness back. The new style: the tattoo. It was now fashionable again to have tattoos. Developed by small groups to create a distinctive style to identify their group with their generation.  To separate from the mainstream society, many of the youth decided to overtake the punk style look. In the 1970’s with tattoos and piercings they brought a shocking effect into the community, there it was-cool. In the 80’s and 90’s tattoos became mainstream for all. Their symbolic were the anger and rebelliousness. Up until 2005 the popularity has increased and many have adopted the style introduced by punks in a different way. Teens would get anything done just for fun and because it was cool.

Twinkle, twinkle little star! One of the most famous designs is the star. There is no limit to tattoos, the craziest tattoos their uniqueness, makes the tattoo what it is- cool. The simplest design, the star, is one of the most wanted.Celebrities like Rihanna and Viktoria Beckham bring to the market and sell it as cool. Therefore their fans especially teens follow their idol and make the star on of the most wanted tattoos. But other stars have lots of creative ideas with their designs and then there are other people who take the tattoo world unlimited. They are hard men and women and wouldn’t mind getting it done in their sleep after their 89^th time.

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It makes woman and even hard man cry. No one would choose to have a tattoo made just for fun, considering the pain. But pumping color underneath your skin, whether it cost pain and tears, the artistic work of tattoo is wanted. Most people already resist to have a tattoo just because of the pain caused when getting it done. Yet a large number takes it in consideration, often not only once and be part of the tattooed community, to make them look cool. It strengthens the cool personality of the person and makes the tattoo look cool. The result should be what wanted to have all the pain worth it.

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Mistakes happen. No one is perfect; also tattooists can mess up in their job. The great invention of laser has made it possible to remove tattoos, but it causes a lot of pain again and costs a lot of money. There are other methods too, but this one is the most popular and efficient one.When choosing to have a tattoo done, there is always the chance that the artist makes mistakes. Not only this might be reason to have a tattoo removed, others such as the tattoos now being regretted from the teenage-years. Especially today it is popular in the 40-year-old generation to have the tattoo form the 90’s removed, since mostly they don’t identify themselves with them anymore or never have.

Tattoo or no tattoo? That is the question. There is a lot you have to take into consideration before and when having a tattoo done. It’s not an easy decision to make, when the mind is split. As has been said, today tattoo are more likely to be removed than being made. Which leads to the point that their coolness right now is not at its top rate. Yet the instinctive value of a tattoo of the holder is high. Again adding on the fact of the pain when its made and removed. Leading back to the 60’s, why make a choice, which can possibly interfere with your health negatively?