There are no white tattoos

There are white tattoos, with a needle with white ink into the bottom layer of the skin can create some patterns or words out on the skin. White tattoos, because they are monochromatic, can be pierced hard by the tattoo artist, and the recovery time is naturally longer than other colored recoveries, as well as more prone to repeated scabbing.

After the recovery period, many people will feel that their white color is a bit yellowish, and it does happen. White is more picky skin color, Chinese skin color is generally yellow, pure white tattoos would not be particularly obvious, coupled with the skin color of the reflection, will appear yellow.

Talking about the history of tattooing, it arose from the custom of tattooing the skin of primitive tribal peoples around the world. Until the 18th century tattoos were known as tattoos that is, by needle or tattoo machine in a part of the body to leave a colorfast pattern. Patterns of birds, animals and flowers or totems, scriptures, gossip and so on. Reflect their aesthetic sense and religious concepts.

Expanded:

Tattoos, as a part of the history and culture of mankind, have continued for more than two thousand years. Skin carved out of the ideal picture, become eternal life, keep the memory as the most beautiful picture of life, tattoos were not originally the exclusive mark of the bad guys. Ancient Egypt more use of tattoos to draw points of social status, the British Victorian women popular in the lip text on the red, similar to the modern text lips, text eyebrows and other permanent makeup beauty way.

In China's Yunnan Xishuangbanna ethnic groups, mainly Dai, Brown men have the custom of tattooing. They are in the legs, chest, back, arm, etc., with a needle prick all kinds of decorations, coated with indigo or bile, etc. into a green color and never fade.

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