Introduction Of The Tattoo In Western Society

The tattoo was reintroduced into Western society by the British expedition led by Captain Cook on his return to Tahiti in 1771. Cook's sailors began the tradition of tattooing sailors, this hobby quickly spread among the other sailors, who learned the art and practiced it on board. There were also trips which cook described the art among the Maori Moko, a painful and elaborate body modification process that lasted months and result was spiralling black designs and stripes.

In the U.S., tattoos became popular with commercial mariners and sailors of World War II. In 1950 designs of skulls appeared distinctive phrases including motorcycle gangs.

Tattoos remain dormant until they resurfaced with the hippies in the 60s and 70s, they adopted the tattoo and he was elevated to the status of art, leaving the reasons for making great sailors and very colourful designs in keeping with the times. This brought out the tattoo of the ports and began popularizing a first tattoo.

In our days, these hippies are office workers, teachers and principals, but linger on your skin of its youth brand, which has contributed the great popularization of the tattoo totally separated from sailors and criminals.

This restructuring of the social acceptance of tattooing has led to people to feel increasingly more interested in decorating their bodies. It was not until late 1980 that the culture of tattoos out of the basement area, where some players sought to create an image of rock and roll more dangerous. In this way, tattoos became more common and the idea of ​​decorating the body with custom images and various accessories are attractive to a wide range of individuals. Around the world, opened tattoo and piercing studios are becoming more and look fearless on their sets.

While body modification such as tattoos and piercings are seen as a way to express themselves and stand out among the masses, but also are used as vanity to draw attention and highlight specific areas of the body.

One of the first professional tattooists was CHFellows. It is considered that Martin Hildebrandt, a German immigrant, opened the first tattoo studio in 1870 in New York. His biggest competitor was Samuel O 'Reilly who invented the tattoo machine in 1891.

The scope of this practice went far beyond. They are increasingly used to create permanent make up effects when used as eyeliner, eyebrows and lips. It is also used to hide scars or in cases of reconstruction of the nipple as in cases of mastectomies.