Why is tattooing controversial

This is perfectly fine, as long as you're aware that the tattoo won't last nearly as long as other tattoos. But you can't deny that there seems to be an ethical dilemma in charging premium prices for tattoos that won't be there in 10 years. Another issue that arises from the tattoo world regards tattoo copying. Generally, this practice is looked down upon among the tattoo community, as it is essentially art theft.

If you take a tattoo that someone else has had done to a tattoo artist and say, "I want this exact tattoo," generally artists will turn you away OR suggest a way that the idea can be used without completely copying the original tattoo. Tattooing is an art and just like art in other fields, the exact copying of another's idea is looked down upon.

But this can become a moral grey area for simple tattoos that have been used over and over, like in the case of the pinky promise tattoo pictured here. This tattoo has been redone over and over and because it's a simple tattoo, it's hard to imagine different ways that this tattoo could be interpretted to change or revamp it. There are only so many different ways to imagine this simple tattoo.

I love them. Sweets can make me joyful when I am upset. They make my sweet tooth go at ease. Especially Lava Cakes. November 3rd, I love my family. They push me to be the best I can be. My family supports me and always cheers me up when I am down.

My family cares so much about me and will do anything for me if it is legal. I really couldn't imagine a world without them. November 4th, I am thankful for my teachers.

They might give me a lot of hassle and work to do. Yet they come through by trying to help however they can. Teachers can be funny and kind of cool. November 5th, I am thankful for my character traits. My hard-working trait, my try to be amazing at things trait, my sweet trait, my fashion trait, and my smart trait, and my love trait.

But I also am thankful for those who stick around when my bad traits come out like my sassiness, my moody trait, my sensitiveness, my grumpy trait, my angry trait over dumb things, and even my trying to be amazing at things trait because I always try to be perfect. Thanks, friends, and family for sticking around.

Arthur Bozikas has penned a memoir that is heart-breaking and gutsy, as well as being full of hope and gratitude. This book is guaranteed to lift up readers and have them believing in the resilience and transcendence of the human spirit, making it a must read for years to come. When reaching adolescence, most teenagers want more freedom, independence and control in their lives.

For Arthur, it was the opposite, as he discovered that his lifespan would only last up to adulthood. After becoming an adult, Arthur was waiting for his death. It was at the eleventh hour, at the age of twenty-one, when Arthur was introduced to a miracle treatment, but only after the damage of iron overload from all the blood transfusion was done to his body.

Grateful to be given a chance to survive for a few more years, Arthur decided to do something with his life; to get married, buy a house and also to have children, knowing he had no prospect of any future for himself. At the age of sixty, Arthur and his wife Helen celebrated their thirty-five-year marriage anniversary. Recently we caught up with Bozikas so we could learn more about this amazing human and very talented writer.

Why was you story Iron Boy one that you felt you needed to share with the world? I promised myself if I made it to the age of 40 years old, I would put it all down in writing. I didn't know it will take me another twenty years to do it? When reading Iron Boy, the book struck me as a story on struggle, but more so about survival and endurance. How has that challenges you faced growing up helped shape you as an individual today especially as it pertains to business and entrepreneurship?

This is the first of its kind worldwide, from the prospective of a patients' point of view and not from a specialist or doctor. I wish I had something like Iron Boy when I was young and very afraid of my prospects! As a professional CEO for over twenty years, the challenges in business is that you need to equip yourself with the right information or you are dead in the water! People with my condition now do have my book to prepare for the future because there is one and it's up to the individual to believe!

Being married for 35 years is a huge accomplishment, what is the secret to your success that you can share with younger couples looking to hopefully have the same success in their marriages? I think if both couples feel like they can't wait to share a new idea with one another or are not prepared to go anywhere without their partner by their side, then this is the only secret that any younger couples must desire for a successful marriage!

These two examples will resolve all arguments that every couples get into a marriage too or later! From a life lesson perspective what are some of the key points that you hope others can take away from your story 'Iron Boy' and even more so what is something that you hope you leave behind to your children that you hope they can apply to their own lives? My children have been raised to see the person, and not the disability, that they have. I would like for a life lesson that the world can refer to us as "people first" regardless the disability one has.

People with a disability and not disabled people…always put "people" first. See the person and not the disability! How do you feel now? Throughout time, water or alcohol have been the most widely used carriers, while glycerine and denatured alcohols have started being used in modern tattooing. Pigments have been made from, well, mostly anything colorful; traditional colors were made with materials like simple dirt, pen ink yay, prisons , soot, even blood. Modern pigments are derived from heavy metals, metal oxides, liquid hydrocarbons, or carbon.

But be warned: red dyes, in particular, are known to cause allergies and swelling for a few months after getting a tattoo. The concoction would be rubbed energetically on fresh wounds made with needles or blades to create the tattoo. It bugged me. While keeping in mind that everyone has a different threshold for pain, Tattoos-Hurt. Your constant drunken movements will also make the process take longer and the end result will be lackluster.

Also try to avoid Tylenol, Advil, coffee, and energy drinks before your tattoo session, as they have similar effects. Drinking water is a good idea, as well-hydrated skin accepts the ink more readily, so start drinking as much water as you need a day or two before. Taking breaks also helps, but try to take them sparingly, as the skin will begin to swell a lot more during your breaks and constant starting and stopping will interrupt a lot of the tattoo process and adrenaline build-up.

Happy inking! I refuse to sacrifice my integrity and creative freedom. I will not be pulling 'Underage Red' from my collection. And NO. This is not an apology. Though the Kat Von D brand was cruelty-free when it launched, it wasn't vegan.

Von D decided in that she wanted to transition all existing products and remove those that couldn't be made with different ingredients, as Cosmetics Business reported at the time. Star launched his beauty brand, Jeffree Star Cosmetics, in Star and Von D later argued on Twitter, leading Von D to film a YouTube video — that has since been deleted and reposted by fans — where she called out Star for bullying, using veganism to sell makeup, and not paying the artist who created his brand's logo, among other claims.

Star replied with a video of his own , in which he claimed Von D backed out of being an investor in Jeffree Star Cosmetics, and that he had paid the artist Von D mentioned in her video. She shared a photo from her childhood on February 1, , and wrote in her caption that she was born in Mexico. Von D also said the "idea of building a wall between the US and Mexico damages us all on so many levels.

We shouldn't forget we are a nation of immigrants. Though the photo is still on her page, her caption was seemingly removed towards the end of October Representatives for Kat Von D did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on the matter. The couple married legally on February 21, , according to an Instagram post , and held a wedding ceremony months later on June 2, The unconventional ceremony included everything from a red wedding dress to upside-down crosses.

Von D gave fans a deeper look into the reception via a YouTube video , which shows their extravagant red venue, wedding guests dressed in all black, their heartfelt vows, and more. In a now-deleted Instagram post, Von D said she had been "bombarded with unsolicited advice" since becoming pregnant, as Insider previously reported. She went on to say that she'd have a natural, drug-free home birth with a midwife and doula, and that her child would be raised vegan and without vaccinations.

The backlash was swift from people who argued that vaccines are important in controlling diseases, and that it would be "irresponsible" for a celebrity to spread the opposite message. A boycott of the Kat Von D beauty brand began as a result. And, because of it, people think I'm something that I'm not. It was stupid, and I really shouldn't have opened my big mouth on the subject.

There were no witnesses to the message being written, according to the publication, though fellow costar Chris Garver told TMZ that Von D handed him the photo. Representatives for the network did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Her brand, on the other hand, released a pink lipstick called "Selektion" — a German word for selection used by Nazis — in , and Von D compared animal slaughter to the Holocaust in a Facebook post, much to the dismay of many viewers.

The TMZ article and similar examples were widely recirculated in , as some people argued that criticism against Von D's stance on vaccinations was hypocritical when the same was not shared in response to claims of her being anti-Semitic.

I am NOT anti-vaxx. She said in the minute video that an unnamed "Miami Ink" costar felt "threatened" by her popularity and strong women while she was still on the show. Von D said that at the time, this costar sabotaged her tattoo equipment, sent her inappropriate photos, touched her without her consent, and later used the anti-Semitic autograph, which Von D said was forged, in the hopes of canceling her spin-off show.

As Remezcla previously reported , many viewers took issue with the video, as Von D did not mention key instances of alleged anti-Semitism — like when her former boyfriend dressed up as a Nazi while they were dating, and the swastika tattoo her husband has which he says is not German or "political" on his neck.

She announced Von D Shoes in October She said that while she wishes she could balance raising her child, running her shoe company, and making music with the beauty brand, she "just can't do everything at the maximum capacity. During an appearance on the "Second Life" podcast in January , Von D said the beauty industry has become "a culture thing" filled with influencers who tell you what to buy and how to look to "be cool.

The sentiment echoes something she told Racked in ahead of a Kat Von D perfume event, which Von D did not invite influencers to. We don't repost them. I don't really relate to them. I'd rather pick people with smaller follower counts that I actually admire and that are cool and that are different, you know?

In an Instagram video , Von D described her experience at Provo Canyon School in Utah — which she called a"fing lockdown facility" — as the "most traumatic six months" of her life. The tattoo artist said in the clip that she was 15 when she was forcefully taken out of her bedroom by two "big dudes" and one "athletic-built woman.