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Rachel Feltman writes in the Washington Post that if you've never gotten a tattoo, you might think that a tattoo needle works by "injecting" ink under the skin which is true, but doesn't tell the whole story. Tattoo artists don't simply inject ink from some chamber in the machine into your skin. They dip the needles into pots of ink, the same way another artist would dip a brush. The ink is actually held between the needles and the purpose is the needles is to puncture the skin. "There are hundreds of tiny holes leading down to your dermis — the layer of skin between the epidermis (outer layer) and subcutaneous tissues — the ink between the needles is drawn into them by capillary action," writes Kyle Hill. "In short, the surface tension and forces holding the ink together encourages the ink to seep into the holes left by the needles."
So how does tattoo removal work? Although dermabrasion (where skin is "sanded" to remove the surface and middle layers), cryosurgery (where the area is frozen prior to its removal), and excision (where the dermatologic surgeon removes the tattoo with a scalpel and closes the wound with stitches) were the preferred methods before the 1980s, today lasers have become the standard treatment for tattoo removal because they offer a bloodless, low risk, effective alternative with minimal side effects. The type of laser used to remove a tattoo depends on the tattoo's pigment colors. (Yellow and green are the hardest colors to remove; blue and black are the easiest.) By producing short pulses of intense light that pass harmlessly through the top layers of the skin to be selectively absorbed by the tattoo pigment, the laser energy causes the tattoo pigment to fragment into smaller particles that are then removed by the body's immune system. Side effects of laser procedures are generally few but may include hyperpigmentation, or an abundance of color in the skin at the treatment site, and hypopigmentation, where the treated area lacks normal skin color. Other possible side effects include infection of the site, lack of complete pigment removal and a 5 percent chance of permanent scarring.
According to John Tierney the choice to get a tattoo that is later regretted is related to the end-of-history illusion, in which people tend to “underestimate how much they will change in the future.” Teenagers and adults of all ages know that their tastes have changed regularly over the years before the current moment, but believe that their tastes will somehow not continue to grow and mature in the future. As a result, they wrongly believe that any tattoo that appeals to them today will always appeal to them in the future.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 29 2014, @03:00PM
Anyway ask any neocon small business owner with fox news 24x7 playing in his waiting room what he thinks morally and ethically about poor people vs a guy who obviously dropped thousands on tats
Dude that was the best agism rant I have read in months. /sarc...
When you grow up (maybe you are older, but have not grown up). You will see that others have different views than you. Most small business owners have a clue that people with tattoos lower repeat business (where you make real money). They may not even care about the TV in the front room. But they know they serve a mostly 'conservative' crowd and they enjoy watching that garbage. They want repeat business. Not political statements. Any business that does not give their customers what the need and want are usually quickly out of business in 1-2 years.
Like it or not people are judged by how they look. Dont judge a book by its cover and all that, but we do. Even you did it with your 'fox news' comment. You pre judged someone because of what they had on tv. In a service business you have about 3 seconds for someone to make up their minds about you. If you are covered head to toe in tattoos with crap that someone may not believe in they are going to judge you. Just as you judged a business by what they had on tv (maybe one of the other customers put it on? or maybe they have to listen to the stupid TV far longer than you are there).
But basically if you dress the part of a heroin junkie you will get treated as one. Much like little girls who dress like sluts suddenly find they get treated like one. Then dont understand because 'all their friends/group does it'. Then yell 'dont judge me'. Sorry thats life.
You may be covered head to toe in tattoos and do savant level of work. But I can not put you in front of my customers. THEY will judge you and I do not get the business because you had poor impulse control a few years ago. If they thought only tattooed covered people can do this job I would put you there.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 29 2014, @05:53PM
Nope, that's about 30 times too long actually:
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2006/july-06/how-many-seconds-to-a-first-impression.html [psychologicalscience.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 29 2014, @06:20PM
Marry little girls! (female children)
Then they won't be sluts....