10 Facts About Tattoos

Tattoos can be used for functional purposes, such as identification, permanent makeup, and medical purposes.

Tattoos are sometimes used by forensic pathologists to help them identify burned, putrefied, or mutilated bodies.

Tattoos were probably used in ancient medicine as part of the treatment of the patient.

Tattoos were listed in protection papers, an identity certificate issued to prevent impressment into the British Royal Navy.

Tattoos had served as a Union soldier in the Civil War and tattooed many other soldiers.

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Tattoos had negative connotations in historical China, where criminals often had been marked by tattooing.

Tattoos are strongly empirically associated with deviance, personality disorders and criminality.

Tattoos are generally considered an important part of the culture of the Russian mafia.

Tattoos have been used in marketing and advertising with companies paying people to have logos of brands like HBO, Red Bull, ASOS.

Tattoos are considered to be haram for many Sunni Muslims, based on rulings from scholars and passages in the Sunni Hadith.