Tattooing in Religion
Tattooing and Religion
In today’s society, people have many ways of expressing themselves. From the clothes they wear to the activities they partake in. These different things all make up who you want to represent yourself as. One type of self expression is a bit different than these normal ways. This particular type of self expression is called body modification. Body modification is a process where you change your body somehow by modifying a part of it. Some of the different types of body modification are piercing (the act of piercing your skin to adorn a type of decoration to your body. Popular ones are lip, nose, belly-button, ear, eyebrow, and septum piercings), gauging (the act of stretching your ear lobes to unnatural proportions), implants (no, not that kind. These implants involve getting your skin cut open and having a small synthetic material piece inserted into the cut. This piece is usually shaped in some odd fashion to create a 3D effect on the skin), scarification (this one is a bit gruesome. With this one, a design is etched into the skin and then the design is cut into the skin and gouged out, leaving a designer scar.), etc.
One of the most popular body modifications is tattooing. Tattoos are a way of expressing yourself in a more artistic way. Any image, symbol, word, etc, you could ever want can be tattooed onto your body. The process of tattooing starts “by injecting ink into a person 's skin. To do this, they use an electrically powered tattoo machine that resembles (and sounds like) a dental drill. The machine moves a solid needle up and down to puncture the skin between 50 and 3,000 times per minute. The needle penetrates the skin by about a millimeter and deposits a drop of insoluble ink into the skin with each puncture.” (Wilson, 2000) This process leaves an almost permanent image on your skin. I say almost permanent because with the technology of today, there are ways to get tattoos removed (laser tattoo removal) or to fade
In today’s society, people have many ways of expressing themselves. From the clothes they wear to the activities they partake in. These different things all make up who you want to represent yourself as. One type of self expression is a bit different than these normal ways. This particular type of self expression is called body modification. Body modification is a process where you change your body somehow by modifying a part of it. Some of the different types of body modification are piercing (the act of piercing your skin to adorn a type of decoration to your body. Popular ones are lip, nose, belly-button, ear, eyebrow, and septum piercings), gauging (the act of stretching your ear lobes to unnatural proportions), implants (no, not that kind. These implants involve getting your skin cut open and having a small synthetic material piece inserted into the cut. This piece is usually shaped in some odd fashion to create a 3D effect on the skin), scarification (this one is a bit gruesome. With this one, a design is etched into the skin and then the design is cut into the skin and gouged out, leaving a designer scar.), etc.
One of the most popular body modifications is tattooing. Tattoos are a way of expressing yourself in a more artistic way. Any image, symbol, word, etc, you could ever want can be tattooed onto your body. The process of tattooing starts “by injecting ink into a person 's skin. To do this, they use an electrically powered tattoo machine that resembles (and sounds like) a dental drill. The machine moves a solid needle up and down to puncture the skin between 50 and 3,000 times per minute. The needle penetrates the skin by about a millimeter and deposits a drop of insoluble ink into the skin with each puncture.” (Wilson, 2000) This process leaves an almost permanent image on your skin. I say almost permanent because with the technology of today, there are ways to get tattoos removed (laser tattoo removal) or to fade
References: Wilson, T. V. (2000, 04 01). Discovery health. Retrieved from http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin- care/beauty/skin-and- lifestyle/tattoo.htm Rosenblum, S AbuUbaida. (2009). Ruling of tattoos in islam. Retrieved from http://www.muslimconverts.com/cosme tics/tattoos.htm