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Tattooing
Popularity of tattooing is growing. Dermatology health professionals are often asked questions, such as how many people are tattooed? Several research studies over the past years document an increasing rate of tattooed people from all cultures. While Sperry's estimate in 1991 seemed quite high, his rate of 15% to 25% is now reflective of today's young adult tattooed population, ages 15 to 25. You can definitely see that many people are tattooed on warm days when bodies are exposed. Although an unpublished poll conducted in 1990 by a laser manufacturer showed that 3% of the general population is tattooed and a 5% men are tattooed, recent studies reflect higher rates when examining samples of specific groups of tattooed people (Anderson). But where did tattooing get its start?
The word "tattoo" (from the Polynesian tatau, from ta, meaning" to strike or collide with") came to be used in 1769, when Captain James Cook first "discovered" the Pacific island of Tahiti on his......

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