Tat-ternatives: Alternatives to Inking Your Skin

Posted on : February 5, 2015  By : Wellness

There are tons of good reasons not to get inked. In fact, we’ve looked at a lot of them on this blog, such as it affecting your career prospects, getting the wrong ink on the skin, and looking like a Hollywood fool. But let’s say you really-really-really want to get a tat. Then what?

Then you check out our list of tattoo alternatives. Like, how about trying…

Henna Tattoos

Henna is the all-natural, absolutely non-permanent friend to those wanting a tattoo that doesn’t last a lifetime. It’s made from plants – Lawsonia inermis, for you fact-hounds – and the dye which comes from it is a recognisable reddish-brown. Henna is safe for pretty much everyone, too, and anyone can learn how to create actual body art with it.

Temporary Transfers

Hey, remember at school, you’d get a sheet of awesome transfers depicting anything from Barbie to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? You’d excitedly cut them out, plonk them on your forearm like a sea-beaten sailor, and hold them in place with a damp towel until – as if by magic – you’d peel away the top layer to reveal your temp tat.

Scarify Yourself

Reckon that tattoos are for wimps? Then hey, try scarification. What’s it all about? Clue’s in the name really; it’s an intensely painful and totally permanent scarring of the skin. Actually, it’s worse than that. Your skin will be sliced, diced, etched, burned or branded to produce a tattoo, but without any of the ink. In another environment, you’d totally be pressing charges if someone did this to you.

Pen and Ink It

If you’ve got your heart set on a bit of body work, how about, y’know, just grabbing the nearest Biro. Go to town on your arm, your hand, your face, wherever you feel like having a tattoo really. Although you might need to get some help of you’re looking to get a tramp stamp or those really original angel wings inked on to your back. Better yet, once you’d had your fill of body modification, you can just go right ahead and wash it away with some warm water.

If you do have a permanent tattoo though, all is not lost. We specialise in laser tattoo removal in Calgary, so we’ve got you (un)covered! For more information about what we do, how we do it, and how we can help you, simply contact us on (403) 948-3342 or email applewellness@aol.com and our dedicated team will be delighted to assist with your enquiries.

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