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Cool Cross Tattoo Designs - What You Need to Know Before Getting One


So you have been looking at a lot of cool cross tattoo designs in your local tattoo shop. But have you really made up your mind about getting one? Have you thoroughly done your research on getting a tattoo? Read on for some of the few things you may want to put into consideration:

First, what is a tattoo? A medical and scientific definition gives us something that means: "a process of permanently inserting colored pigments below a person's skin with the use of a needle or any sharp instrument". There are other dictionaries that define a tattoo as an indelible mark inserted underneath the skin. This gives us the idea that any instrument will do the job and that it does not matter if an instrument is sharp or not.

Actually, a sharp needle is one of the first requirements for those cool cross tattoo designs to come out looking perfect. A sharp sanitized needle to be more precise, is needed to puncture the skin so the pigment or ink can be inserted underneath the skin. The human skin on the other hand, consists of three layers: the epidermis, the dermis and the subcutaneous layer which is also known as the hypodermis that attaches your skin to the muscles and the bones. The top layer of the skin, basically consists of a layer of dead skin cells and a person with healthy skin, replaces this layer every single month. So if that is the case, how come tattoos stay permanent?

If you really are hooked on cool cross tattoo designs and would like to know how exactly these designs would remain with you for the rest of your life, read on. A tattoo is permanent simply because once it is done correctly, the tattoo artist will pierce the ink or pigment particles below the epidermis and right into the part of the skin between the epidermal and dermal skin layers. The second layer of the skin, the dermal layer, contains a lot of blood vessels, hair follicles, nerves as well as lymph vessels. When you get a tattoo, the ink or pigments get trapped in the dermis.

Since ink or tattoo pigments are foreign objects to your body, the lymphocytes will try to remove the ink from your body especially if the ink that was used is inorganic or toxic. Because the dermis is pierced with massive amount of organic or non toxic pigment, the lymphocytes would then try to remove what it can from the body. What it could not remove is taken care of by the macrophages which are another form of white blood cells. What these does is to encircle the organic ink particles and begin a process that would start the formation of scar tissues, imprisoning the organic ink particles in place and there it will forever remain.

Should you decide on cool cross tattoo designs or any other form of body art and you do decide to get that tattoo, make sure that you do a background research on the tattoo art shop that you would be going to. ( By Russell Reugh )

Cross tattoo designs

Cross Tattoos - What Do Cross Tattoo Designs Symbolise?

Articles By James Wooley

Cross tattoos are a very popular type of tattoo design with both men and women nowadays. They convey a very strong message and have great meaning to the person who wears the tattoo. So what are the different types of cross tattoo and what do they represent?

Well cross tattoos are mainly associated with religion, as you might expect, and are very closely associated with the Christian religion in particular. Many Christians are deeply proud and passionate about their religion and a cross tattoo for many is the perfect way to convey their strong belief in the Christian religion, and their love and respect for Jesus Christ and God because the Christian cross symbolises Jesus Christ returning from the dead.

There are various different types of Christian cross. There is the basic latin cross which just consists of two intersecting lines, then there is the crucifix which depicts Jesus Christ on a wooden cross. In addition other variations of the Christian cross include ones covered in thorns or nails.

Away from the traditional Christian cross, you've got the very popular Celtic cross. This tattoo design combines the latin cross with a circle to create an attractive looking design. These tattoos are also very popular with Christians but are also very popular with many people who have deep Celtic connections in their family history, as they are a great way to honour their Celtic heritage.

Another form of cross tattoo and one that is growing in popularity is the memorial cross. Memorial cross tattoos are very popular with those people who have lost loved ones and want to have a permanent memorial of them with them at all times. Made in the shape of a gravestone, these tattoos are very poignant and deeply moving, and with suitable words added to the tattoo are an excellent way to remember those who have sadly passed away.

Finally the other common type of cross tattoo is the Gothic cross. Goth people are not necessarily religious people but they do still like to use religious imagery in their tattoo designs. These designs are German in style and are often deep-set tattoos that consist of a cross together with barbed wire and daggers.

So overall there are many different types of cross tattoo available. These tattoos have always been popular, and will probably remain so in the future, largely due to their powerful symbolism and striking imagery. They have deep religious meaning but they also convey a respect of spirituality for non-religious people so cross tattoos are a very versatile type of tattoo design.