Do you like tattoos? It is a form of body modification using ink to create a permanent design.
I have seen tattoos, but i think they are unattractive.  Where did this practice originate?
Aparently It has been practiced since at least Neolithic times as there have been mummified bodies found with tattoos from that period.
i would have thought Africa, but you are most likely correct.  Isn't tattooing oneself an unsanitary practice?  Can you catch diseases from a tattoo?
Not anymore.  Modern tattoos nearly always require the use of a tattoo machine and procedures and accessories to reduce any risk to human health.
Is getting a tattoo painful?  And what about removall?  I have heard that they use a LASER;  That procedure must be painful.
destroyed surrounding tissue structures as well as tattoo ink. Treatment tended to be painful and cause scarring.
Before the development of laser tattoo removal methods, common techniques included dermabrasion, TCA (Trichloroacetic acid, an acid that removes the top layers of skin, reaching as deep as the layer in which the tattoo ink resides), salabrasion (scrubbing the skin with salt), cryosurgery and excision which is sometimes still used along with skin grafts for larger tattoos. Many other methods for removing tattoos have been suggested historically including the
what was established practice at that time.
History Origins Alternate theories.
The 5,000-year-old mummified body of Ötzi the Iceman was found with 15 groups of tattoos, many of which were located at points on the body where acupuncture needles are used for abdominal or lower back problems. Evidence from the body suggests Otzi suffered from these conditions. This has been cited as evidence that practices similar to acupuncture may have been practiced elsewhere in Eurasia during the early Bronze Age; however, "The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine"