Body art- tattoos and piercings


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A cheap tattoo is not good, and a good tattoo is not cheap. The earliest form of artistic expression body art has been used to indicate and express personal expressions. Body Art explores the ways, both temporary and permanent, in which people modify, change, decorate and adorn their bodies. Several body art places have mushroomed in the city and a chat with them has provided insights into what’s right and what’s wrong, what these places specialise in, their procedure and their charges.
Procedure
For every Tattoo the designed is imprinted on a stencil, Vaseline is rubbed on to the skin where the tattoo needs to etched. Imported machines and surgical needles are used. Both colour and plain tattoos can be done on any part of the body. Only vegetable ink should used and fabric ink should be completely avoided. Some stores also import skin friendly dyes along with their machines and needles. The call of the day is to go all organic and stores also indulge in skin protective creams. Tattoos usually take a few hours before they are completed and sometimes may even go on to several sessions before it’s completed. They take a week to ten days to heal. A few of the stores also have equipments for cover up tattoos or replacing existing tattoos. One must stay away from swimming because of its high chlorine content and also from direct sunlight. One can apply silverex or coconut oil or vitamin E oil should be used to aid the healing procedure. One also needs to take care that the scab should fall out on it’s own and one should avoid scratching or peeling during the healing.
For body piercing one needs to select the ring, and the position and either a manual or a gun shot method is opted after applying local anaesthesia.
Various options
Located at Spencer Towers Panther Tattoos has over ten years of experience in this field. Qualified from Thailand Panther Tattoo also offers training courses for aspiring learners. They specialise in cosmetic tattoos including eyeliners, eyebrows and lip liners and in tribal and pottery designs. Tattoos are priced at Rs. 500 per square inch and piercings start from Rs. 50. Beast Reach in Spencers imports its studs and needles too and they charge anywhere between Rs. 50 to Rs 250 for piercings. Irezumi boasts of 60 gb of designs collected from the best artists across the world and has professionals from the Thailand Tattoo School and are absorbed only after one has completed a certified course. They also offer training and certified courses for people. They charge 200 for black and 300 onwards for colour tattoos. INK the tattoo studio in Fountain Plaza has experienced people working for them and their best piece of work is a corset drawn on a lady which has a studded back. Piercings start from Rs. 300 and Tattoos start from Rs. 1000. They specialise in glow at night tattoos. Rock, at Pantheon Plaza, another popular body art workshop has done rather unique piercings like six stones on a lady’s lips. They specialise in intricate designs and prices start from Rs. 800. Black Magic has trained people from Delhi and their prices range from Rs. 1000 for a black and 1500 per inch for a colour tattoo. They have over 13000 designs and they specialise in shading the tattoos.
Side affects
When tattoos are not done from right places or proper safety and precautions are not met with, various side affects can take place. Bulges may appear due to deeper incisions, re-used needles can even prove fatal resulting in AIDS. Tearing of skin and various allergies are among the recurring side affects. Placing of needles and knowing which needle to use for which tattoo is also an area of concern. Use of fabric paints can also result in colours fading away faster and they are also toxic. Make sure needles are sterilised and opened in from of you.

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Best reach: Sarvanan 42634115, 9840247646
Panther Tattoo: C Ramesh 45514131, 9840764056
Rock: Praveen 65287533
Black Magic: Raj 43519403 9940122666
Ink the Tattoo studio: Tarun 28193475, 9840837097
Irezumi: Naveen 42317318, 9884087177