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Full Body Tattoos

Is it body art, or a proud display of organized crime connections? In Japan, full-body tatooing rises from dubious origins to artform. See All National Geographic Videos http://video.nationalgeogr...  
 
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The80skid77 (16 hours ago) Show Hide
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Maybe the stigma will go away and I can finally find a job without someone looking at me like I'm a "bad guy". Mmmm...prolly not!
toaschta (3 days ago) Show Hide
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damn that looks so cool :)
bolivianjp (5 days ago) Show Hide
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I thought tattooing was idiotic (like people getting tattooed skeletons and the name of their moms)
but i got to admit these ones are really beautiful.
lowend (1 week ago) Show Hide
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They're not marijuana leaves, they're maple leaves- they look similar, but they're not the same
I have leaves just like that tattooed on me:)
Bearprobe (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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If my liver ever fails I'm going to blame my bodysuit and not the alcohol ;) Maybe then I'll get passed the queue faster. HA!
getouthemaps (2 weeks ago)
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kingrex2005 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Full body tats have a big drawback to having them. With your body being covered in ink, your sweat glands are covered and your unable to sweat out all the metals and impurities in your bodies. And alot of those impurities are filtered through your liver. When the liver has no way to get rid of the toxins, it begins to shutdown.
Bearprobe (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Urban Legend....
it's not like the ink magically seals your pores like some plastic film ;) The ink doesn't go that deep. If your comment was true that would mean that your body hair would stop growing too, which it doesn't.
kingrex2005 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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I never said it stop, and I said your unable to sweat ALL the impurities out. I was watching a "60 minutes" piece about the japanese mob and how one of the don's came to america for a liver transplant because his was failing. They said it was failing due to his tattoos.
jberban420 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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he's the don of YAkuza? his liver could be failing for a number of reasons. I highly doubt his tattoos are to blame.

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