Horihide, complains about the decline in tattoo artists who “do their tattoos by hand.” Doing some research, I was able to scratch up an article about Thai Buddhists, in which many still continue this tradition today. A interesting point that I came across read as;
“Unlike Western style tattooing traditional Thai tattoos are done using hand tools and don’t use the same kinds of sterilization methods as you would in a shop-front tattoo studio. Although apparently other things are added to the ink such as battery acid, plant extracts and snake oil which supposedly kills bacteria.”
(http://www.tao-of-tattoos.com/thai-tattoos.html)
Hygiene, it comes in many different forms, and perceptions.
