Usually we get tattooed because we want to remember somebody or something that happened to us, or because we love art, but these tattoos have a more important purpose.
These useful and well thought tattoos ideas will make you want to get one and take pictures of it; so check them out!
Camera in sight
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Well first, some curious facts about tattoos that you need to know. 36% of people between 18 and 29 have at least one tattoo (it is estimated that 1 out of 8 people in the world has at least one tattoo, but the number is always increasing).
A door to the heart
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In 1991 they discovered a mummy of over 5000 years and the scientists found a total of 57 different tattoos in its well preserved body. It was our friend Ötzi, surely some of you have heard of him.
courage
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The tattoo machine is based on the design of the modern doorbells. The first design of the modern tattoo machine is awarded to the famous inventor Thomas Edison. Who would have ever thought that he was going to be the creator of such a wonderful invention?
The asterisk was the best idea
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century tattoos were fashionable among the European aristocracy. Tattoos were very expensive and people paid a large amount of money for their designs. Women could also get tattooed, which was previously impossible to think of it at that time. Today the cost of tattoos has been reduced and became a symbol of all social classes.
Thanks for being so specific
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The most tattooed man in the world is Lucky Diamond Rich, who has 100% of his body tattooed. The first time he got tattooed an eye was in 2008. He was tattooed completely in blue.
This gets me uncomfortable
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Fortunately, nowadauys tattoos are becoming more accepted by the society and so it's not difficult to find people with true masterpieces on their skins.
With a lot of relevance
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Tattoos were an important part of the identity of the men of the sea and it was them who, at the beginning of modernity, introduced this art to the West. For sailors, tattoos had an important and relevant meaning; they use tattoos to show their adventures, tell stories of their journeys or to celebrate self-achievements.
Smoking kills
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As we mentioned in the previous image, a good time passed since the tattoos were a thing of rough sailors. Did you know that Barbie, the most popular doll in history, also has tattoos? It was in 1999, when US toy company Mattel released a version of Barbie with a butterfly tattoo on her stomach, although it was withdrawn from the market because of parents' complaints.
Cut here
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This tattoo is a clear example that smoking can kill you, and how hard it's to quit it, but also very ingenious, but let's go back to the curious data. There are tattoos that, at first glance, are impossible to see, because they glow with ultraviolet light, and so are invisible in the day light.
He never leaves the house without socks
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The bones of Ötzi, a man who lived in the year 3300 before the Common Era, had many tattoos on his joints, back, legs and arms. The remains of Ötzi were found in 1991, on the Alps, in the border zone between Italy and Austria. Archaeologists believe that tattoos were made for religious purposes.
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Another interesting fact about tattoos is that women regret their tattoos more than men do. Many people get tired of having the same tattoo for so long and decide to remove it or cover it with a new one.
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To eliminate tattoos, there are various medical procedures (laser, crevice, excision, dermabrasion) and cosmetics (creams and bases) that can sometimes be even more painful or scarring. Despite this, according to statistics, women submit twice as much as men to treatments to get rid of one or more tattoos.
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To eliminate tattoos, there are many medical methods (laser, crevice, excision, dermabrasion) and cosmetics (creams and bases) that can sometimes be even more painful or scarring. Despite this, according to statistics, women submit twice as much as men to treatments to get rid of one or more tattoos.