Summaries

The text “How tattoos went from subculture to pop culture” is an article written by Frances Perraudin and published in British newspaper The Guardian in 2018. The article includes quotes from experts in tattooing and skin care and speaks about the popularity of tattoos today. According to the article, the popularity of tattoos is connected both with celebrities’ influence and with improvements in tattoo removal technology, which make tattoos easier to remove and replace. 

The text “Could a tattoo help you stay healthy?” is a TED talk given by Carson Bruns in 2018. Bruns speaks about tattoos from a historical perspective and shows how nanotechnology can enhance tattoos to give us new abilities. 

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