Traditional Thai tattoos

[george stando]

good point, tee sok. i would imagine the cleanliness in cambodia and how they do the tattoos would have to be checked as well i would be hesitant personaly. not that the people are not authentic or great but how the process is done.

[Tee Sok]

Yes that s true, I read that there are different ways to clean the needles in Thailand, like
sterilizing them with alcohol or burning a cotton ball around the needle if I remember well.
These don t look dfficult so who knows maybe in Cambodia the use similar ways to do it.

[kyuss]

Something to definitely check into. I got all my shots but was wondering if the HEP B and HEP A shots can help? because its HEP you get from the dirty needles if i am not mistaken.

[Tee Sok]

I am sure they can help but I don t know to what degree. Better with than
without for sure.
Interestingly I read that some sak yant masters are able to tattoo
without blood being spilled as the needle goes right beyond the skin without
breaking blood vessels!

[vissc]

I am also Thai,,but I don't care of any Tattoo or Sak Yan. referring to Thai culture.maybe 25 - 50 years ago.The Tattoo was the symbol of prisoner.Many male prisoner like to do Tattoo on their skin.Although you were not prisoner.if you had tattoo on somewhere of your body.you don't look good.another reason, when you want to get tattoo on your skin you must get hurt.that was why tattoo was not popular among Thai people. there has been some funny song that was sung by Plearn Phromdan.The content of that song told some chinese boy went to meet some elder monk in order to get a 7 heads dragon and each mouth must carry a marble. The monk proceeded as his request.but he couldn't bear to get pain while the monk was proceeding 7 heads dragon.he gave up lol.yes Thailand culture changed.many people like making tattoo for the beauty and the method cause pain a little bit..but you must be careful of HIV or some disease infected also

[Tee Sok]

Sak Yant is an ancient tradition, it surely didn t start in prisons! prison tattoos are a totally different thing.

By the way, this forum is not the place for ads

[vissc]

Sak Yant is an ancient tradition, it surely didn t start in prisons! prison tattoos are a totally different thing.

By the way, this forum is not the place for ads

I forgot this issue bro ..yes I think so. Sak yant is an ancient tradition in order to protect the people who sak yant on their body.I will remove some link in my signature bro.thanks for warning

[george stando]

think this page might be a part of one of the books we talked about but interesting!

Tattoos of Indochina: Supernatural Mysteries of the Flesh by Lars Krutak

this other link is short on the different methods to do a tattoo

http://physiology.knoji.com/the-different-tattooing-methods/

[Tee Sok]

The tattoos of Indochina link is great, lots of interesting details.
and amazing pictures! Thanks for posting