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Tattooing is the art of introducing coloring matters into the skin by means of which certain colorations or designs are made or less indelible. It has been practiced since the most primitive times and has been found in every quart of the glove. From passages in the earlist writings and from notes made by early explorers, we know that it existed in some from among the earlist peoples, and more recent explorers found it used by the native of North and South America as far as the polar regions. It has been found on Egyptian mummies, and in the Bible Moses warned the Jews against its use. The highest form of the art was reached in the islands of the South Pacific and in Japan. We were attempted to, the clinical analysis and histopathological study of the tattoo with 128 tattooed individuals, who were seen during phisical examination for conscription from February to May, 1985. And additional study of method of its removal with 13 tattooed individuals, who visit to my O.P.D. clinic, from July, 1985, to January, 1986.
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