For thousands of years man has tattoos on his skin. This art has undergone a certain transformation from being a symbol that was used to differentiate certain social classes, has become a fashion phenomenon and, therefore, the professionalization of the tattoo is increasing

Some people think that tattoos are a recent phenomenon, developed in the last decades of the twentieth century. In fact, for thousands of years this art with us, but do not know exactly when and how they discovered the tattoo process. In 1991 was found in a glacier to a Neolithic hunter, his back and knee tattooed. Before it was discovered the mummy of the hunter, the oldest person was tattooed Egyptian priestess Amulet worshiping Hathor, goddess of love and fertility. He lived in Thebes around 2000 BC C., tattoos were the style of the hunter’s linear and simple designs of dots and dashes.
Already in the twentieth century, from his early years there were tattoo studios in almost all major cities. Most of the traditional images of USA originated in the designs of Lew Alberts, who dominated the themes of patriotism and religious sentiment of more than 50 years.
Also, Charles Wagner introduced many innovations, was the first American tattoo successfully performed cosmetic tattooing, tattooed dogs and horses as a means of identification and experimented with chemical methods to remove tattoos. The old tattoo has much in common with the modern tattoo, and we consider that we are witnessing a continuous evolution of an art with deep roots and universal humanity.
The practice of tattooing is no longer a marginal activity to become the expression of a certain lifestyle. What was once a sign that distinguished social classes, is now a hot commodity.
The high demand for tattoos has led to the professionalization of the tattooist. Similarly, it has introduced new practices that are related, as the piercing (piercing of body parts).
In all cases, be careful that the sterilization process of the materials is carried out in autoclave (sterilization professional equipment), which applies where work is more hygienic as possible and that the tattoo artist to handle your utensils with disposable gloves that the needles are new, sterilized and destroyed at the end of each session, and obtain written the care to be thenar to achieve an adequate cure.