Messi Tattoo

 A prominent feature of the sleeve is the rose window tattooed on Messi's elbow. The rose window is a tribute to the city of Barcelona and was inspired by the Sagrada tattoo is a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink dyes and pigments either indelible or temporary into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos fall into three broad categories: purely decorative with no specific meaning symbolic with a specific meaning pertinent to the wearer pictorial a depiction of a specific person or item. Brought to Europe from Polynesia in the early 18th century through naval routes it was originally largely restricted to naval use and was a male only domain. By the later 21 century its use was more widespread and extended to female users. By the end of the 21 many stigmas of the tattoo culture had gone and it moved into the realm of being a fashion accessory for both men and women. The cosmetic surgery industry continues to see a trend of increased popularity for both surgical and noninvasive procedures. When used as a form of cosmetics tattooing includes permanent makeup and hiding or neutralizing skin discolorations. Permanent makeup is the use of tattoos to enhance eyebrows lips liner and or lipstick eyes liner and even moles usually with natural colors as the designs are intended to resemble makeup. Messi's Bold Elbow Tattoo. The first tattoo that Lionel Messi decided to get was of his mother on his left shoulder. Messi’s mother was his moral support since childhood and has been the primary reason Messi was able to achieve his dream. Paying tribute to her, he got his mother’s face tattooed on his back which symbolizes what an important role she plays in his life. Messi was alone with his dad while he was still small and making his name with Barcelona. He was far away from his mother and other members of his family who were in Rosario. Maybe this tattoo helped him keep a close bond with her even after they were separated physically. This tattoo was done in the year 2011. It is an interesting fact that Messi was so reluctant to get it done that he brought his girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo with him and Messi’s tattoo artist first inked her. And later when she expressed no pain, Messi finally agreed to sit down and got his first tattoo. Messi wasn’t a fan of tattoos initially and agreed to get a tattoo after being chaffed by teammate Dani Alves who is popular for tattoos all over his body. Messi liked the ink on the Brazilian so much that he wanted to get more of them and from there the Argentine would go on to set another trend. Ink or coloring applied to the surface of skin is sometimes referred to as a tattoo. Mehndi also known as henna has been around since 12th century allegedly originating from ancient India. It is also a traditionally Indian method of staining the skin and a custom that encompasses North Africa South Asia and the Middle East as well. Modern Mehndi techniques include ink transfers on sheets of paper.