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tattoos begin thousands of years ago, but started out as something called Henna tattoos. a Henna tattoo is drawing on the skin with certin ink, and do not involve needles.
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300 B.C to present day
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in 306 B.C, tattoos were banned in the Constantine empire by emporer constantine himself because they were against christianity.
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henna tattoos began to spread in india at first, then spread throughout china and the rest of the world.
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Modern Meji Japanese make tattoos illegal because they believe tattoos were a sign of evil.
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Sailors and soldiers glorified tattoos while tattoos became more and more popular in Europe in the 18th century.
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The first ever tattoo shops and studios developed in 1800 in america and europe.
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Samuel O'reily was a New York tattoo artist and inventor of the modern rotary tattoo machine.
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Jews were branded/ tattooed with numbers that represented "names" in concentraion camps.
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Hippie movement took place and tattoo popularity sky rocketed.
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After the Hippie phase left, a ton of diseases stayed behind. The cause for these diseases was thought to be tattoooing (needles not being starile), so New York soon Outlawed tattoos after the Hepatitis outbreak.
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Since then, tattoos are still frowned upon in todays society because people associate tattoos with evil, prison, and gangs. In present day, it is hard to find employment as it is, and with tattoos, it makes it a lot harder. most businesses think tattoos are not professional looking, so they look down on those who have them. i hope someday we can live in a society where it doesnt matter how you express yourself.
