First Tattoo

When choosing your first tattoo, you need to consider everything.

Location

Design

Artist

You will want to have some idea of where and what you want before going to see the tattoo artist. There are so many different designs that you can look at, so the options are infinite. Just remember to make every tattoo your own. You are unique, so don't pick just any flash off the wall; pick one and make it yours.

Some of the more popular tattoos include:

Skulls

Butterflies

Stars

Dragons

Lettering

Animals

Kanji

Make your first tattoo meaningful.
Make it stand out in your life.


My first tattoo (picture above) is that of my first APBT. He was stolen from me on December 23, 2006. On his first birthday, I went and had his name and a pawprint tattoo on my inner right wrist. It will be a time that I will never forget, and a tatto that I will never regret. The tattoo is a part of my healing process.

Halloween Tattoos

Now, although Christmas is upon us, there's still a little room for Halloween in our hearts and on our bodies. Halloween tattoos can come in just about any shape, form, or fashion. You can find them in the appearance of bats, spiders, spider webs, gypsies, witches, vampires, vampire bites, and other various Halloween symbols.

When choosing a Halloween tattoo, much less any tattoo, remember that tattoos are permanent. And, unless you have the funds to pay for laser surgery in order to remove a tattoo that you're unhappy with. So when choosing a tattoo, make sure it's something that you're truly interested in because for the most part, it's going to be a part of your body for the rest of your life. ;-)

Tattoos

Before You Get A Tattoo

To Tattoo or Not to Tattoo
How to Choose a Tattoo

Tattoo Care

Tattoo Aftercare
How to Care for a Tattoo

Tattoo Ideas

Koi Tattoos
Arm Tattoos
Wrist Tattoos
Portrait Tattoos
UV Tattoos

Bad Tattoos
Opinion Based

Really Bad Tattoos
Really Bad Quality Tattoos Part 2

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Body Jewelry

All piercings deserve pretty jewelry, which is why various companies, wholesalers, and individual makers, design and create various jewelry to fit your ever growing need to fill your holes!

Common Piercings:
Tongue Rings
Belly Button Jewelry
Labret Studs



Body Jewelry for almost any piercings:
Horseshoes
CBR



Stretched Ears:
Plugs
2 Gauge Jewelry
0 Gauge Jewelry
00 Gauge Jewelry
000 Gauge Jewelry
Large Gauge

Facial Piercings

Facial Piercings can be varried between the nose, lip, eyebrow and even mouth piercings such as the tongue, smiley, and frowny. These percings are now in place for aesthetic purposes, versus in tribal societies, the piercings have various meanings and performed in various ceremonies.

Scarification

Scarification is a more hardcore body modification of today's society. When scarification was introduced to tribes, it was more of the norm. Many warriors had facial and body scars and brands. Today, many people look down upon the body modification. Asking the person, "What's wrong with you?!" But, in reality, it's just a different form of body modification that is not as well known as the tattoo.

It's bes to get a scarification from and experienced person, versus a do it yourself job. You can encounter so many problems when scaring yourself with a needle, box cutter, etc. If you do not know what you're doing, one wrong cut can be detrimental. Infection can take a serious tole on the body. So, remember that, if you decide upon a new scar. Find a reputable person at a tattoo shop to perform the task for you.

Body Piercings

Piercings are one of the most common forms of alternative body modification. Tattoos being right next door. But, as for piercings, one could go with ear, facial, mouth, genital, and surface piercings. There are variants of each piercing.



Ear piercings can consist of lobe piercings, tragus, cartlige, rook, snug, daith, orbital, and industrial piercings.



Facial piercings can include both facial and mouth piercings. Facial piercings can include medusa, monroe, cheeks, labret, lip, bridge, eyebrow, nose, and septum piercings. Variants of these may include off center labret, lowbret, horizontal eyebrow, vertical labret, and vertical lip. As for mouth piercings, they include tongue, tongue web, and smiley piercings.

Belly Button (Navel) Piercings are a very common piercing amongst young females today. They belly button piercing can be the standard piercing, a bottom belly button, side belly button or true belly buton peircing.



Surface Piercings are a whole other ball game. They are prone to reject if not pierced properly. They MUST be pierced by experienced piercers ONLY! Healing time can be over a year long. The most common surface piercings can include the nape, hip, wrist, and corset piercing.

Alternative

Alternative by defination is a " choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility," as stated by dictionary.com. Although, that is the most popular choice of the definition, there is another. A similar meaning, but not a choice, but more of a different stance, an alternative lifestyle, for example.

Alternative could include various things, images, or ideas. Alternative could include the alternative lifestyle involving tattoos and piercings. It could be that of the study of alternative ideas of the supernatural, myths, and lore.

Alternative is ever changing.