Tattoo Designs For Men

Tattoos are now becoming more popular than ever to make a personal statement and more and more designs are being created which includes many new tattoo designs for men. Most of the old type designs have completely changed in looks. The doors have been flung open for new designs and more ways of expression.

Here is a small list of the most popular mens tattoo designs:

* Wing Tattoos
* Celtic Arm Tattoos
* Tribal Tattoos
* Japanese Tattoos
* Sailor or Old School Tattoos
* Cross, Animals or Font Tattoos

Wing tattoos usually include ones depicting, eagles, hawks, vultures and the like and are placed on the chest or shoulders.

Tribal tattoos derive from the Polynesian and Haida tribes. These tattoos often are representing forms of strength, masculinity, and power. They also use dark lines and curved or angular edges. The tribal designs are usually very bold in statement and range in size from small to large.

Perhaps the most ancient of them all is the Japanese tattoos. Once designers started using colored ink they became increasingly more popular. Especially when it came to the designs of Dragons, Koi fish, and Kanji. These particular tattoo designs represent strength and courage and can be placed anywhere on the body. Originally they were rather large tattoos that we often placed on the entire body or the back because of their great size. However today they are just as popular but have become smaller pieces of beautiful artwork.

In the western part of the world the most commonly used and seen tattoo design is that of sailor or old school tattoos. These tattoos are being redesigned into more modern styles that are much bolder with edgy bright colors. Some of these tattoo designs include: pinup girls, nautical and star designs. Normally these are chosen for their special meanings and are placed on the arm.

Eye Tattoos

Eye tattoos are nothing new, but they are slowly getting more attention. What was once popular only with prison inmates is becoming a prominent feature of avid tattoo enthusiasts. However, this is one tattoo that definitely comes with a "at your own risk" clause. Tattooing your eyes can be one of the most dangerous things you can do for your future vision health.

How do you tattoo your eyes? That's usually the first question that comes up when considering eye tattoos. Most of us understand the process of 'inking' the skin with a needle and tattoo ink. Eye tattoos involve exactly the same process. A needle is placed into the eyeball where colored ink is injected under the cornea of the eyes.

According to EyeBallTattoo.net, eyeball or corneal tattooing is a procedure, when a particular dying agent or ink is injected or otherwise delivered under the top layer of an eye, called cornea. Cornea is a very delicate eye's part with the thickness of about 0.5-0.6 mm in the center and 0.6-0.8 mm at the periphery. About 90% of cornea consists of stroma, a middle layer containing mainly collagen fibers. Stroma is exactly the place, where ink is delivered during eyeball tattooing. In view of miniature structure of cornea and the fact that it is filled with nerve endings, certain medical risks are always present while performing eyeball tattooing. Furthermore, it should be noted that cornea plays a key role in human's ability to see. Thus, damaging cornea may cause serious sight problems up to blindness.

Eye tattoos have been around for thousands of years. While the procedures have changed dramatically over the years, the risks are none-the-less very high. Complications from eye tattoos can include keratitis, which can occur if the ink does not remain in the cornea and leaks to other areas of the eyes, toxic reactions, iridocyclitis, corneal epithelial defects, corneal ulceration, and ultimately blindness. The most common risks associated with eye tattoos are eye infection, perforation and hemorrhage.