"It's the fifth day of ice on a new tattoo, But the ice should be on our heads*" (Etcha-Skin)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 08:43PM 
Tattoos, piercings, decorative scars and subdermal implants are nothing new in the alternative world, they’re as common as silicone breasts in Hollywood.
The individual modifies their body for many reasons, expression, art, making a statement to name a few. Silicone implants that glow underneath the skin are being developed as we speak.
And just like diamonds, modifications are forever. As David Vidra, founder of Health Educators, a 10-year-old company that educates people in the body-modification community on safe practices says “implants sometimes ... can't be removed.”
It is accepted by the wearer that body-mods are for life and not just for Christmas.Until now.
A new kind of tattoo ink has been developed in the states, where the ink is contained in a microbead which can easily be broken down by a laser if desired, in the future. This is considered, in itself, going against the core principle of why an individual gets inked in the first place.
It’s the trade off between faith and regret that the tattoo you choose will be there forever. The pain to recieve it is almost ritualist as part of the process and commitment to that choice.
Now that is being threatened by a not-permanent-if-you-don’t-want-it-to-be tattoo ink.
Skin can become like that toy Etch-A-Sketch. You draw a design by twiddling some nobs, and if you get bored or go wrong you just shake it, et voila, a blank canvas to start again.
There’s something sad about the art of the tattoos getting lowered to that level.
What’s an individual to do? Be proud to protect the sanctity of art. Stay true to the tattoos are forever school of thought, rather than a bandwagon-joiner that tattoos the name of their lover, dumps him, shakes the slate clean ready for the next inky name.
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