The Ultimate Tattoo Galleries

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One of the most unique aspects of body art is that anything can be turned into a tattoo. The Mona Lisa could be a tattoo if someone wanted to put themselves through that many needle pricks for a woman that may or may not be smiling. So when it becomes time to find yourself the right type of design, you need to look for a tattoo gallery with as many different designs as possible, so that you are searching for the artistic vision that you are looking for.

However, when looking for a tattoo gallery you will find that there are two different types available. There is the type of tattoo gallery that lets you look through some intricate designs at a very slow pace and, once you find a design, you end up purchasing that single design for almost 20 dollars. These galleries are very high end, but the amount you pay for just a single tattoo and the time it takes to research that tattoo make it not always worth the effort.

On the other hand, there is the type of tattoo gallery that gives you access to 10,000 or so tattoos straight off the bat, but you have to pay for access (about the same amount of the single tattoo in the other type). Still, despite this, there is far greater value in this type of tattoo gallery because

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1) If you want another tattoo in the future, or if you are having trouble choosing between multiple tattoos, this type of tattoo gallery does not make you pay a second time.

2) These types of galleries also provide you with inspiration - even if you do not see the tattoo you want amongst 10,000 tattoos available, you get the educational benefit of having seen so many that you are sure to know exactly what you are looking for.

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The only benefit of the first type of tattoo gallery over the second is that you do not have to pay until you find the tattoo you want. But with the second type of gallery, and with 10,000 tattoos available, there is a good chance you are going to find the tattoo type that you are looking for, as well as 9,999 other tattoos that you can eventually choose from in the future.

Extreme body modifation -body art

Scarification and Extreme Body Modification

Nowhere in the world of body art is the ritualistic aspect of this art form more obvious than scarification. While scarification is certainly not for everyone, it is rooted in the same tribal traditions as piercings and has been found across cultures as an important rite of passage marking the end of one's adolescence.

In modern society, advanced body modification has becoming particularly popular form of male body art. Taken to its most extreme expression, this form of body modification can involve some modifications that are not for the faint of heart.

The primary forms of extreme body modification include:

• Branding: body branding is precisely what it sounds like and involves the application of a red hot figure of metal to the skin for the purpose of leaving a scar.
  
  
  
  
• Scalpelling: consists of the use of a sharp scalpel to make precise incisions in the skin, sometimes with the purpose of removing an entire portion of surface flesh for dynamic scar.
  
  
  
  
• Implants: there are various types of implants involved in advanced body modification projects, but one of the most common is the implantation of cosmetic spikes into the forehead or eyebrows.
• Beading: beading is a separate form of implanting in which beads are surgically inserted under a persons skin for the purpose creating a symmetrical series of bumps within the flesh.

As you might expect, extreme body modification is not without its risks. Most forms of scarification and implants are technically surgical procedures, and many extreme body artists lack formal medical training. As a result, it is considered largely up to the people who elect to undergo these procedures to be responsible for their own medical safety. The vast majority of body modification enthusiasts take their health very seriously though.

Professional and amateur photography of examples of extreme body modification can be found in many corners of the internet, but the most important website to this lifestyle and body modification in general is found at the huge website BME.com. Body Modification Ezine, or BME, also has excellent resources on safety standards, a vast archive of informative articles and a thriving forum of active members.