By Rachael Gutierrez


When in search for all types of tattoos Toronto is the place to be. Tattoos are forms of body modifications that are applied by inserting permanent or temporary inks or dyes into the upper layer of the skin. The dyes and inks usually change the pigment of the part they are applied on. Initially tattoos were drawn or applied using crude tools such as animal bones and thorns.

Improvement in technology has led to introduction of modern techniques and materials enabling a variety of colors and designs to be included in tattoo art. The other names used for tattoos include work, ink, tattoo art, tats, pieces, and skin art among others. Specialists who draw or apply tats on people are referred to as tattoo artists, tattooists or tattooers.

The working zone of tattooers is called tattoo shops, tattoo studios, or tattoo parlors. Most conventional and traditional tat designs are available in parlors and at art galleries. Some tats can be obtained easily since they are in ready made designs for people who like temporary skin art. Some countries such as Japan have customary patterns of tattooing called horimono thus use the name tattoo to refer to non Japanese designs of tattooing.

The procedure of applying tattoos is complex. It entails introducing dyes into the dermal tissues. The inks are then spread over regulated but damaged skin layer using the endodermis as route to access the dermis. The presence of dye in the layers of the skin sets off the immune response resulting in production of phagocytes, which surround the ink particles. Over time the outer layer cures and peels away as granulation tissue is produced in the endodermis.

The resulting granulation tissues convert to connective tissues due to collagen growth. The dyes are normally entrapped within fibroblasts and are thicker in the layer differentiating epidermis layer from dermis layer. The dyes last at this layer for quite sometime but are eventually absorbed deeper in the dermis. This explains why old tats get degraded.

Electric tattoo machines are normally used currently. The machines introduce inks or pigments in skin through many needles or one needle, which is attached on a rail that fixed on an oscillating tool. The machine rapidly and repetitively drives a needle or several needles inside and outside the dermis at a rate of 150 to 80times a second.

The current procedure is quite sanitary because the needles are normally purchased when packed separately and should be used by one person. Tattooist artists must clean the area to be tattooed and have to wear gloves during the process. It is important that the wounds be wiped repeatedly using damp non reusable tissues during application. The equipment should be disinfected after and before each use.

When in need of tattoos Toronto is the best place to be. Experts in Orlando are familiar with all the health risks surrounding this job such as infections and allergies. This is why they have invested heavily in terms of precautionary measures including purchase of disinfectants and application of single use devices. Their tattoo artists normally undertake regular training courses in blood borne pathogen.




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