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While the topic may appear easy, the answer to “What is a tattoo?” can lead to a variety of paths. Tattoos are ink and needle-based permanent tattoos on the skin. The cut scabs over and the skin heals to reveal a design beneath the new layer once the ink is absorbed into the dermis, the second layer of skin. The practice is now widely accepted as a legitimate type of body art. Depending on where you live, there may be age limitations that limit the age at which you can have a tattoo.

Let’s see the history of tattoos.

Tools unearthed in France, Portugal, and Scandinavia show that prehistoric people were aware of and practiced tattooing. Tattooing was done with these tools, which are at least 12,000 years old. Tzi the Iceman, a mummy discovered in the Alps’ tz valley and dating from the 5th to 4th millennium BC, with the oldest surviving tattoos. We also know that Germanic and Celtic cultures adorned their bodies with tattoos. Tattoos have been discovered on the mummies of Amunet from ancient Egypt and the mummies of Pazyryk, Siberia (dating from the end of the 2nd millennium BC). As a result, tattoos were well-known throughout the world from the beginning of human history.

Tattooing was deemed a barbarous tradition when Christianity arrived, and it gradually vanished in Europe before reappearing with transoceanic journeys in the 16th century. Tattooing was once “reserved” for sailors and the lower classes, but as tattoo artists became more skilled, it became a hobby for the nobility who could afford to pay high amounts for specialists.

Tattoo – The body art nowadays.

Even when a ready-made design is chosen, tattoos are unquestionably a form of art. To be regarded as an art, a tattooist must be able to use shading or coloring techniques to a plain ready-made pattern in order to make it more beautiful.

And also tattoos can use for covering scars on the body. A scar-covering tattoo not only conceals the scar but also restores a person’s confidence, which may have been lost as a result of a terrible experience. Tattoos aren’t the only way for people to hide their scars. Stretch marks can be covered with tattoos in some situations.

Tattooing has been shown to be beneficial in decreasing or concealing the appearance and effects of scars and stretch marks. Unfortunately, a tattoo will not conceal every scar or stretch mark. Some tattoo artists refuse to ink scars because they believe it will aggravate the scar.

Here are the best examples for covering scars with tattoos. This is arts of Vietnam tattoo artist named “NGOC LIKE TATTOO”

(These all photos belong to him.)

Are Scar-Covering Tattoos (More) Harmful?

Pain tolerance differs from person to person. So it would be a falsehood to imply that a scar-covering tattoo will pain everyone equally. If you’ve already had tattoos, for example, the pain would be acceptable because you’d know what to expect. If you get a scar-covering tattoo for the first time, you can expect a lot of agonies.

However, It seems to be painful that cover body scars with tattoos. Some say they pain much more than ordinary tattoos on skin that haven’t been damaged. Furthermore, depending on the location of the scar, the tattoo can cause minor to excruciating pain.

Why do people do that?

For a variety of reasons, a person may choose to cover a scar or stretch mark with a tattoo. The majority of people choose to conceal scars because they are unhappy with their appearance. Everyone has scars, but some people are more self-conscious about their appearance than others. Some folks just prefer to cover up their scars with tattoos.

Others suffer scarring as a result of an accident or a significant health issue that necessitates surgery, such as breast cancer. Getting a tattoo over scars can feel like regaining one’s body and self in certain situations.

Many women who have had mastectomies, for example, claim they feel more confident hiding their scars with beautiful, unique tattoos.