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The Sience Of A Tattoo

Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 in art, general, tatto
Head and shoulders portrait of a Māori man, hi...
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Tattoos are everywhere. And there isn’t a place on the body that a tattoo has not been. For those who don’t believe that, trust me… they’ve even been applied in those places that some would be afraid to ask about or would cringe at the thought of having them there. If there is skin, you can ink it.

So how exactly does a tattoo work? Well, it’s very easy to understand and it’s quite simple. You have several layers to your top skin and the fleshy part below it. You have the skin we see, under it is a renewable skin that keeps rising to the top, renewing old skin and under that is the area where hair folicles and sweat glands are rooted. Just below that layer is where the ideal tattoo ink sits.

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