The first tattoos Modern, mostly carried by circus artists and sailors, were a version that we could consider more rock than the ones we wear today. In fact, even the inks weren't the same!
In this article we will see some curiosities of the first tattoos that we hope you are interested in, the reflection of very different times.
Circus performers and forgetful
As we said, the first modern tattoos, that is, those of the early twentieth century, were mainly carried by circus artists and sailors. It was quite difficult to find someone with a tattoo who was considered to be working on something "normal" (although normal is always subjective).
However, two curious customs were born in the twenties and thirties in North America: in the first, the habit of some people of tattooing the social security number so as not to forget it.
Permanent makeup
And the second custom started with the first tattoos, as you can imagine from the title, are permanent makeup tattoos. This had an explanation. As absurd as it may seem, in those days it was more expensive to get real makeup than a tattoo, with which many chose to make their eyebrows rough: with ink.
Few hobbies
Finally, another of the curiosities of those first decades is that, as is evident, the same hygiene requirements did not exist as today. A) Yes, Needles were reused and it was not so rare to see tattoo artists smoking while tattooing a ship on the chest of a sailor.
We hope that these curiosities of the first tattoos have amused and amazed you. Without a doubt, tattoos have evolved a lot, especially until today, right? Tell us, do you know any curiosity about the tattoos of that time that we have forgotten? Remember that you can tell us what you want, for this, you just have to leave us a comment!