Tattoos and Piercings and The Medical Field

Do you ever wonder why you never see tattoos and piercings in the medical or federal working fields? It’s because some people believe that a person with tattoos and/or piercings is linked to people with bad reputations, such as bikers, sailors, criminals, and gang members, but that is false. Piercings and tattoos have been popular for quite a long time now, but still get looked down upon and can even affect your daily life.
The oldest recorded tattoos were left on Otzi the Iceman, who was believed to have died around 3300 B.C. He was said to have over 50 markings of crosses and lines in various places on his body. The reasoning behind his tattoos were therapeutic, because they were in places that he had great stress, which is very different from the reasons why people get tattoos today. In Leviticus 19:28, in the Bible, Moses tells the people that the lord forbids any cutting of the skin or printing of any marks. But the Lord wasn’t the only one that forbid tattooing, Japanese and Roman emperors did as well. In the 1950’s tattooing became more tolerated, but only physicians were allowed to tattoo because of tattooing regulations passed in numerous states. By 1998, 36 states had changed their body art legislation, and as of September 2003, 34 states have regulated tattoos and piercings, 39 regulated only tattoos, and 35 regulated only piercings.
Certainly, tattoos and piercings are a lot more popular nowadays than they were thirty years ago. Now, 1 in every 10 Americans have them, while back then, 1 in every 100 had them. Your body is a blank canvas, and you’re just making it something fun to look at. Today, people get tattoos and piercings for many different reasons, such as beauty, art, and fashion, individuality, group affi...

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