i have a rose tattooed on my right ankle.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A 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). Tattoos have historically been regarded in the West as 'uncivilised', and over the last 100 years the fashion has been associated mainly with sailors, working men and criminals. By the end of the 20th Century many Western stigmas of the tattoo culture had been dismissed and the practice has become more acceptable and accessible for people of all trades and levels of society. The word \"tattoo\", or \"tattow\" in the 18th century, is a loanword from the Polynesian word \"tatau\", meaning \"to write\". The \"Oxford English Dictionary\" gives the etymology of tattoo as \"In 18th c. tattaow, tattow. From Polynesian (Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan, etc.) tatau. In Marquesan, tatu.\" Before the importation of the Polynesian word, the practice of tattooing had been described in the West as painting, scarring, or staining. This is not to be confused with the origins of the word for the military drumbeat or performance \u2014 see \"military tattoo\".\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Do you like tattoos? It is a form of body modification using ink to create a permanent design."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have seen tattoos, but i think they are unattractive.  Where did this practice originate?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Aparently It has been practiced since at least Neolithic times as there have been mummified bodies found with tattoos from that period."}, {"role": "user", "content": "i would have thought Africa, but you are most likely correct.  Isn't tattooing oneself an unsanitary practice?  Can you catch diseases from a tattoo?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Not anymore.  Modern tattoos nearly always require the use of a tattoo machine and procedures and accessories to reduce any risk to human health."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Is getting a tattoo painful?  And what about removall?  I have heard that they use a LASER;  That procedure must be painful."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think it is pretty sore.  Tattoo removal is now more available.  Laser tattoo is a common method using techniques includin dermabrasion which reaches the deep layer of the skin.  There is also cryosurgery and excision which uses skin grafts.  All very painful I imagine!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Well, you have furthered my knowledge of tattoos.  Is there anything else i should be aware of before i decide to get a tattoo?"}]