For thousands of years people from around
the world have been marking their skin with sometimes intricate and at times
simple personalized symbols. These
tailored works of art initially portrays the wearer’s inner desires, loving
tributes, social memberships and various other reasons. The word tattoo
partially originates from the Tahitian word “tatau”, meaning “to mark
something”. In marking their skin, some
tattoo garbed individual’s, express themselves in extremely unique ways.
Unfortunately, in the modern world, these
unique tattoos bring with them, and the wearer, a stigma. Society’s
views on tattoo clad individuals, at times, brings the art wearers unsolicited
negative views and undue suffering that results in a desire to remove their once
loved skin art. These disillusioned
individuals often turn to laser tattoo removal as a resolution to their tattoo
woes. The method of laser tattoo removal
proves to eliminate most if not all traces of disillusionment, remorse and
social pressures.
My opinion of the societal impact of laser
tattoo removal is that if an individual feels that they no longer wish to bear
the signs of the ink markings in their skin then this is an acceptable
resolution. I do however feel that a
person should wholeheartedly contemplate the permanent removal of their skin
art, for it will be erased ever after. Although the ink will be removed there is not
guarantee that the removal of the ink will negate the stigma felt before the
erasure.
Although
most of society feels that tattoos are taboo, the proponents stand by their artwork. Upon expurgation of the ink, the laser
removal patron may also have to face the negative social pressures from their former
tattooed brethren. http://www.newlookhouston.com/TattooRemoval.html
