The tribal designs widely used and applied nowadays go back to the black, silhouette like and geometric Tatau ornaments of the Polynesians. It was also tribal tattoos the Sailors brought home to europe from their first journeys to Tahiti before the influences of the Sailors with maritime designs, now called traditional tattoos, replaced the native motives.

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Believe it or not but most scientist believe the origins of tattoos date back to about 3300 B.C. They believe that certain marks found on the skin of the “ÖTZI”, an mummified body of an iceman found in the italian alps, (more…)

When lasers where developed in the early 1960′s, they had been developed for industrial uses only. As researchers invented lasers which emitted wavelengths of light in short flashes called pulses, medical use became an option. These lasers can effectively remove tattoos with a low health risk according to the American Academy Of Dermatology. (more…)