TATTOOING- SKIN PAINTING.

TATTOOING- SKIN PIERCING -SIGNS- AND EMBLEMS ON THE BODY. Boys may go. Girls may go. Friends may go. Lovers may go. Wives and husbands may go. But tattoos are for ever. The tattoo marks are the memory of their company and good old days they passed together. Tattooing is for self-protection. An emblem of a deity on the arm endow him with courage. He is not alone. The deity is with him to protect. Hanuman on the wrist is a common sign in India for men. A tattoo is a girl’s friend. She does not feel lost and lonely. The tattoo sign of her faith is present to protect. Some pierce their skins with different signs and figures of past memory. Tattooing was an ancient custom as a mark of identification of a particular person. Now it has turned out a fashion. Some do it as a token of love for her lover to emboss his or her name on her body. They take pride in exhibiting such tattoo marks. Some hide it but all have it these days. The Pain. They undergo pain to express their love. Big stars, singers have prominent tattoo marks on their body. They all love tattoos as they love their lover. They take a plunge in the world of pain. Prominent starlets have at least about ten tattoos inscribed on her body. Images of Marilyn Monroe, Rock Hudson, Elvis, James Stewart and so on. Fans of movie-stars, singers get the images of their favourites tattooed on their body for inspiration. Tattooing has turned out a very lucrative and roving business. Angelina Jolie carries on her body a dozen such marks. Most of them relate to different culture and known places. She exhibited on her bare back a Buddhist prayer in Cambodian script. Similarly Jessica Alba has a tattooed figure of a bow and arrow on her back. She has a sign OHM on her wrist. Some stars claim that they were infected with Hep C an infectious disease causing inflammation in liver. This can be caused by contaminated needle while piercing the skin and inserting pigment for colourization. According to Health administration rules an artist has to have a diploma from a recognized tattooing institute to practise this art. He is supposed to take out a licence and is subject to frequent inspection by the health authority. But all these rules are on paper and no agency takes action against unlicensed shops.