Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Tattoos, a permanent body modification that has frequently been associated with deviance and lower class sub-cultures, have become increasingly popular in the United States since the early 1990’s. In my thesis I examine the shared worldviews of individuals who obtain tattoos by conducting an analysis of six internet communities that promote this sub-culture in order to understand how cultural influences provide the impetus to create self-identity through inscribing the body. I will argue that individuals who commit to a permanent tattoo may be motivated by the need to create self identity.

Many surgical procedures in the head and neck regions produce visible scarring. The most common of these surgeries are tracheotomies and thyroidectomies. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increase in tracheotomy scars, particularly in those who survived severe infection with the disease and required long-term ventilation. Individuals with neck scars are at an increased risk of health consequences such as reduced quality of life, depression, and negative body image. Research on attitudes toward and reactions to individuals with such scarring is limited. The purpose of this study is to examine how people rate images of scarred individuals on personality and attractiveness attributions. In addition, dermatography, or medical tattooing, is an emerging cosmetic intervention used to mask scarring, and has demonstrated positive outcomes in cases of breast cancer. This study further aims to examine how people rate images of individuals with scars covered with medical tattoos. Personality attributions were measured using the Five Factor Scale and various dimensions of attractiveness were measured using the Interpersonal Attraction Scale. Acceptability of medical tattooing as a cosmetic intervention for head and neck scars was also examined using the Decision Satisfaction Scale. Participants consisted of 456 young adults and were presented with two series of images, each consisting of a young adult, the young adult with a neck scar, and the young adult with a tattoo covering the scar. Participants were asked to rate each image directly after viewing. We hypothesized that those without scars and those with medical tattoos would be rated more positively on personality and attraction scales than would those with scars. Multivariate analysis confirms scarring and medical tattoos influence personality attributions. Non-scarred individuals were rated more positively in perceived Agreeableness and Conscientiousness traits when compared to scarred individuals. However, when compared to non-scarred individuals, scarred individuals were rated more positively on the Openness to Experience trait. This demonstrates the variability of impressions that a neck scar can elicit. Reactions to scars covered with tattoos were mixed. Medical tattoo recipients were rated more positively on Extraversion and Openness to Experience traits compared to scarred individuals. They were also rated lower on Conscientiousness compared to scarred individuals. Acceptability of medical tattooing was higher in participants who reported lower levels of religiosity and higher levels of social media use. This study highlights the varying effects that head and neck scars can have on appearance and the use of medical tattooing in clinical practice.

This thesis covers the background and history of cultural attitudes towards body art, scarification and tattoos, the history of street gangs and their influence and impact on Southern California communities, and an in-depth program analysis of the "Gang Tattoo Removal Program" established at the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC).

This master’s thesis has the intent of showing that the tattoo can be regarded as an individuals document according to prevailing notions in archival science. Suzanne Briets definition of the concept of document is used in this thesis as a widening definition, a document does not have to presented in a defined form, it is only required to represent an object or intellectual phenomenon and to be informative. Tattoos are presented in this thesis as informative with regard to the status and position of russian/soviet convicts and as such presenting an individuals identity within a specific context. As documents they also provide the individual with the essential evidence of his or her endeavours in a criminal environment. Also, they have the ability to function as an individuals memories of relationships, hardships and comradeships. Memory, evidence and identity are concepts upon which archival theorists are reworking the role of archives and documents in society and culture. The method presented in this thesis is image analysis applied to a selected number of photographs and drawings owned and published by a design and publishing company in London. The image analysis has as its focus the tattoos visible upon individuals bodies, these tattoos are interpreted and made relevant with regard to historical circumstances and the prison environment. The image analysis in this thesis is complemented by litterature studies. The thesis also provides a recapitulation regarding previous research concerning tattoos within the human and social studies. The conclusion this thesis presents is that it is possible to view the tattoo as a document, bound to an individual, which mirrors the society and culture in which the individual finds himself. It is also possible to view the tattoo as mirroring indivudals possibilities, wishes and memories. Finally, the tattoo presents itself, in this context, as a document that may represent a critique of a dominant society or simply the voice of the alienated.

Introdução - Práticas de embelezamento, como a tatuagem, a maquiagem definitiva, o piercing e a retirada de cutículas são comuns entre os brasileiros e frequentes nas diversas classes sociais, entre indivíduos de idades variadas e de ambos os sexos. Podem expor profissionais e usuários ao contato de agentes infecciosos veiculados pelo sangue, representando riscos de transmissão de doenças como hepatite B, hepatite C, AIDS e lesões dermatológicas. Objetivo - Investigar os procedimentos de biossegurança adotados pelos profissionais de embelezamento, manicure, pedicure, tatuagem, piercing e maquiagem definitiva no município de Jacareí-SP. Métodos - Foi utilizada uma abordagem descritiva e observacional de corte transversal. A coleta de dados foi realizada entre maio e junho de 2011. Quarenta profissionais foram entrevistados, 20 entrevistas foram realizadas em estabelecimentos localizados no centro da cidade e 20 em estabelecimentos nos dez bairros mais populosos do município. Utilizou-se questionário para avaliar conhecimentos e atitudes dos profissionais, bem como um formulário para a observação dos procedimentos destes profissionais e estrutura física dos estabelecimentos. Resultados - Verificou-se falta de conhecimento sobre biossegurança pelos profissionais, além do mais, a regulamentação destes serviços era deficiente. Embora 55 por cento dos profissionais tenham realizado treinamento, os procedimentos e a infra-estrutura dos estabelecimentos foram favoráveis à transmissão de doenças. Sobre os processos de limpeza, desinfecção e esterilização de instrumentais, nenhum dos entrevistados sabia o tempo e a temperatura ideal para a esterilização, 57,5 por cento tinham equipamento inadequado para sua realização e 80 por cento não tinham termostato ou termômetro no equipamento para a conferência da temperatura. Quanto à percepção do risco, apenas 57,5 por cento acreditavam que poderiam transmitir doenças infecciosas durante sua prática profissional. Quarenta e cinco por cento dos entrevistados relataram que já tiveram contato com sangue sem usar luvas. Outro problema observado foi a reutilização de materiais descartáveis. Apenas 7,5 por cento dispunham de pia para lavar as mãos junto ao local de atendimento ao cliente, somente 10 por cento possuíam área específica para a esterilização de instrumentais e 2,5 por cento pia exclusiva para a limpeza de materiais. Conclusões É necessário oferecer formação de qualidade sobre boas práticas de biossegurança a esses profissionais, além de normas claras e diretrizes pormenorizadas para a prevenção de infecções nesses serviços, bem como a melhoria da vigilância nesses estabelecimentos / Introduction - Beautification practices such as tattooing, permanent makeup, piercing and removal of cuticles are common and frequent among Brazilians in the various social classes, between individuals of different ages and both sexes. Professionals and many exposed users to the contact of blood-borne infectious agents, representing risks of transmitting diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, AIDS and skin lesions. Objective - To investigate biosafety procedures adopted by beauty professionals, manicure, pedicure, tattoo, piercing and permanent makeup in the city of Jacareí-SP. Methods - We used a descriptive, observational and crosssectional approach. The field research was conducted between May and June 2011. Forty professionals were surveyed, with 20 interviews conducted in establishments located in the city center and 20 in establishments in the ten most populated districts of the municipality. We used the questionnaire to assess knowledge and attitudes of professionals as well as a formulary for the observation of professional procedures and physical structure of establishments. Results - It has been found lack of knowledge on biosafety by the professionals and, in addition, the regulation of these services was uneffective. Although 55 per cent of professionals had attended training courses, the procedures and establishments infrastructure were favorable to disease transmission. Regarding the processes of cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of instruments, none of interviewed knew the ideal time and temperature for sterilization, 57.5 per cent had inadequate equipment for its functioning and 80 per cent had no thermostat or thermometer in the equipment for the checking of the temperature. As for the perception of risk, only 57.5 per cent believed they could transmit infectious diseases during their professional practice. Forty-five percent of respondents reported having contact with blood without wearing gloves. Another problem observed was the reuse of disposables. Only 7.5 per cent had a sink for hand washing near the place of customer service, only 10 per cent had a specific area for sterilization of instruments and 2.5 per cent had exclusive sink for the cleaning of materials. Conclusion - It is necessary to provide quality training to these professionals on good biosafety practices and standards and detailed guidelines for the prevention of infections in these services as well as improvement of the surveillance of these establishments.

Elemento milenar, a tatuagem renasce entranhada na lógica do consumo e da exibição, arrastada por um apelo subjetivante frente ao enfraquecimento dos discursos totalizantes. Fenômeno presente em todas as camadas sociais e com ampla inserção em qualquer grupo etário, a tatuagem tem sua motivação comumente relacionada ao prazer estético, à beleza corporal e ao interesse por arte, e tende a ser vivida como um fim em si mesma. Estas referências, entretanto, são insuficientes para explicar a experiência da tatuagem enquanto surgimento de uma essência verdadeira, capaz de dizer mais do sujeito do que ele mesmo ousaria revelar, bem como os enigmáticos pesadelos, as tentativas de apagamento e o caráter compulsivo que envolve a prática. Nosso foco, portanto, foi desdobrar os discursos em dados capazes de refletir a dinâmica e as funções inconscientes da tatuagem e do corpo na dinâmica psíquica. Entrevistamos jovens adultos que tivessem no mínimo três tatuagens. Cada entrevista semidirigida foi reconstruída buscando-se o núcleo conflitivo, configurado em torno da perda do objeto ou de sua presença excessivamente excitante. Partimos de um amplo levantamento bibliográfico sobre o tema, realizamos um aprofundamento do conceito de identificação na obra de Freud e comentadores e selecionamos três casos para a análise. Os casos abordam a função da tatuagem e o conceito de identificação através de exemplos de luto patológico, da prevalência do Unheimliche na identificação histérica e do papel do superego nas identificações edípicas. Sob a perspectiva conceitual adotada a identificação a dinâmica do aparato destacou a importância do objeto na estruturação psíquica e as consequências avassaladoras de sua ausência ou perda. Por fim, dentro de suas especificidades, cada caso revelou a potência da pulsão de morte nas experiências de desobjetalização e o recurso recorrente ao corpo e às marcas corporais como tentativa de subjetivação e inscrição social e psíquica. A conclusão indica que o corpo tem sido convocado como importante instrumento de laço social e peça fundamental na estruturação psíquica individual. Quanto à identificação, destacamos seu papel preponderante na articulação dos polos eu-outro, enquanto preside a fluida localização do objeto no psiquismo e responde pela infiltração do superego na dinâmica egoica / Millennial element, tattooing is reborn embedded in the logic of consumption and exhibition, dragged by a subjective appeal in face of the weakening of totalizing manifestations. Phenomenon present in every social stratus and with wide insertion in any age group, tattooing has its motivation commonly related to aesthetic pleasure, body beauty and interest for art, and tends to be enjoyed as an end in itself. However, these references are not enough to explain the experience of tattooing as the advent of real essence, capable of saying more about an individual than what he himself would dare reveal, as well as the enigmatic nightmares, extinguishing attempts and compulsive character that its practice involves. Therefore, our focus was to breakup manifestations into data capable of reflecting body and tattooing unconscious functions and dynamics in the psychic dynamics. We interviewed young adults who at least had three tattoos. Each semi-directed interview was reconstructed seeking the conflictive core, configured around the loss of the object or its excessively exciting presence. We started from a large bibliographic survey on the subject, we dug deep into the concept of identification in Freud\'s and his reviewers\' works and chose three cases for analysis. The cases\' approach the tattooing function and identification concept through examples of pathological grief, predominant presence of Unheimliche in hysteric identification and the superego role in Oedipus identifications. Under the conceptual perspective adopted identification the array\'s dynamics highlighted the object\'s importance in psychic structuring and the overwhelming consequences of its absence or loss. Finally, within its specificities, each case revealed the death instinct urge in de-objectivization experience and the recurring resourcing to the body and body marks as an attempt of subjective and social and psychic inscription. The conclusion shows that the body has been called upon as an important social tie instrument and fundamental part in individual psychic structuring. Regarding identification, we point out its significant role in articulating the I/another poles, while it presides the fluid localization of the object in psyche and answer for the superego\'s infiltration in egoic dynamics

Introdução - Práticas de embelezamento, como a tatuagem, a maquiagem definitiva, o piercing e a retirada de cutículas são comuns entre os brasileiros e frequentes nas diversas classes sociais, entre indivíduos de idades variadas e de ambos os sexos. Podem expor profissionais e usuários ao contato de agentes infecciosos veiculados pelo sangue, representando riscos de transmissão de doenças como hepatite B, hepatite C, AIDS e lesões dermatológicas. Objetivo - Investigar os procedimentos de biossegurança adotados pelos profissionais de embelezamento, manicure, pedicure, tatuagem, piercing e maquiagem definitiva no município de Jacareí-SP. Métodos - Foi utilizada uma abordagem descritiva e observacional de corte transversal. A coleta de dados foi realizada entre maio e junho de 2011. Quarenta profissionais foram entrevistados, 20 entrevistas foram realizadas em estabelecimentos localizados no centro da cidade e 20 em estabelecimentos nos dez bairros mais populosos do município. Utilizou-se questionário para avaliar conhecimentos e atitudes dos profissionais, bem como um formulário para a observação dos procedimentos destes profissionais e estrutura física dos estabelecimentos. Resultados - Verificou-se falta de conhecimento sobre biossegurança pelos profissionais, além do mais, a regulamentação destes serviços era deficiente. Embora 55 por cento dos profissionais tenham realizado treinamento, os procedimentos e a infra-estrutura dos estabelecimentos foram favoráveis à transmissão de doenças. Sobre os processos de limpeza, desinfecção e esterilização de instrumentais, nenhum dos entrevistados sabia o tempo e a temperatura ideal para a esterilização, 57,5 por cento tinham equipamento inadequado para sua realização e 80 por cento não tinham termostato ou termômetro no equipamento para a conferência da temperatura. Quanto à percepção do risco, apenas 57,5 por cento acreditavam que poderiam transmitir doenças infecciosas durante sua prática profissional. Quarenta e cinco por cento dos entrevistados relataram que já tiveram contato com sangue sem usar luvas. Outro problema observado foi a reutilização de materiais descartáveis. Apenas 7,5 por cento dispunham de pia para lavar as mãos junto ao local de atendimento ao cliente, somente 10 por cento possuíam área específica para a esterilização de instrumentais e 2,5 por cento pia exclusiva para a limpeza de materiais. Conclusões É necessário oferecer formação de qualidade sobre boas práticas de biossegurança a esses profissionais, além de normas claras e diretrizes pormenorizadas para a prevenção de infecções nesses serviços, bem como a melhoria da vigilância nesses estabelecimentos / Introduction - Beautification practices such as tattooing, permanent makeup, piercing and removal of cuticles are common and frequent among Brazilians in the various social classes, between individuals of different ages and both sexes. Professionals and many exposed users to the contact of blood-borne infectious agents, representing risks of transmitting diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, AIDS and skin lesions. Objective - To investigate biosafety procedures adopted by beauty professionals, manicure, pedicure, tattoo, piercing and permanent makeup in the city of Jacareí-SP. Methods - We used a descriptive, observational and crosssectional approach. The field research was conducted between May and June 2011. Forty professionals were surveyed, with 20 interviews conducted in establishments located in the city center and 20 in establishments in the ten most populated districts of the municipality. We used the questionnaire to assess knowledge and attitudes of professionals as well as a formulary for the observation of professional procedures and physical structure of establishments. Results - It has been found lack of knowledge on biosafety by the professionals and, in addition, the regulation of these services was uneffective. Although 55 per cent of professionals had attended training courses, the procedures and establishments infrastructure were favorable to disease transmission. Regarding the processes of cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of instruments, none of interviewed knew the ideal time and temperature for sterilization, 57.5 per cent had inadequate equipment for its functioning and 80 per cent had no thermostat or thermometer in the equipment for the checking of the temperature. As for the perception of risk, only 57.5 per cent believed they could transmit infectious diseases during their professional practice. Forty-five percent of respondents reported having contact with blood without wearing gloves. Another problem observed was the reuse of disposables. Only 7.5 per cent had a sink for hand washing near the place of customer service, only 10 per cent had a specific area for sterilization of instruments and 2.5 per cent had exclusive sink for the cleaning of materials. Conclusion - It is necessary to provide quality training to these professionals on good biosafety practices and standards and detailed guidelines for the prevention of infections in these services as well as improvement of the surveillance of these establishments.

At various points in human history, tattooing has been ubiquitous on almost every continent on Earth, used for reasons of aestheticism, religious beliefs or for social purposes. To study the art of tattooing with respect to a particular culture, one must always be critical to any references to the practice (written, pictorial or artefactual) due to issues of translation and misinterpretation. Complete verification may only come with the discovery of actual tattooed human remains. In combination with artefactual and anthropological evidence, these remains not only provide physical proof of the practice in a culture's ancestry but also possess the ability to link various other forms of physical evidence, which on their own would remain speculative. By its very nature, tattooing may only exist while the bearer is alive. Once the owner dies, the skin, along with the tattoo, decomposes (under normal decomposition conditions) and is lost forever. However, tattoos may survive if the dermal layers of the skin are preserved, either by natural or artificial means. The processes of mummification in various civilisations have provided us with a rare opportunity to study the art and processes of tattooing in antiquity. Existing tattooed mummified remains have been found in: Egypt; Siberia; Eastern Central Asia; Greenland; Alaska and St. Lawrence Islands; Central Andes (Peru and Chile); Philippines; New Zealand and Italy. Existing literature regarding the analysis of tattooing inks and pigments once deposited into the skin is very limited. Comparatively, the industrial organic pigments used to colour the majority of modern tattooing inks sold today have not been officially approved by any regulating body and as such, manufacturers are not required to disclose the chemical ingredients of their products. Chemical identification of these tattoo pigments post-procedure will aid medical practitioners in the event of complications or for the purposes of tattoo removal. Forensically, tattoos are often one of the distinguishing features used in the identification of victims of crime or accidents. Experiments were carried out using an animal model (Sus scrofa) for the tattooing. Given the theoretically large but ultimately limited range of substances available to both ancient and modern tattooists, the premise of the experiment involved surveying the literature regarding possible tattooing pigments and either obtaining or reproducing a careful selection of these in the laboratory. These pigments were then tattooed onto the ii animal model and after allowing for the essential healing period, the tattooed areas were excised, with those tattooed with traditional pigments subjected to various simulated mummification environments.

Submitted by Maike Costa (maiksebas@gmail.com) on 2016-01-13T13:28:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 7112207 bytes, checksum: e8f8af69bf568b38cb069e7865217e5b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-13T13:28:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 7112207 bytes, checksum: e8f8af69bf568b38cb069e7865217e5b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / It being understood that the subjects inserted in a society of speeches increasingly ephemeral, submissive liquidity of postmodernity, find in the practice of tattooing a return place to yourself,the general objective of this thesis is to analyze how the tattooed subject is constituted and how he is produced in the Inked Magazine in the period from 2010 to 2012. This problematic isanchored on the following question: why the subjects inserted in a society of speeches, which dissolve faster than the time it takes to mold them, mark their bodies with tattoos that will accompany them for a lifetime? Do these subjects, at all the moment disciplined, standardized by social control mechanisms, areable by self to subjective the practice of tattooing? To answering such questions, It analyzes a corpus of utterances with syncretic materiality (verb-visual) in nine covers of Inked and in some sections of the magazine, linking them to other materiality that enter, interdiscursively, inside the archive in purpose to discuss how the games of truth are produced that, subtly, teach and propose the subject ways of behaving. Methodologically, this research is characterized as documentary and bibliographic, of descriptive and interpretative character. It subsidizes the analyses on the theoretical reference of Discourse Analysis, in particular that support in arch genealogical Foucault study around the constitution of the subject, who are affected by the relations of power-knowledge. Moreover, it is guided in the contributions of the fields of Historical Semiology, with Jean-Jacques Courtine, as well as at the field of Sociology, especially with Zygmunt Bauman ideas and still it refers to the field of Cultural Studies to discuss the issue of identity in a socio-cultural and discursive perspective and the practice of tattooing in the media. This media acting as an institution that fixes, keeps and give a new meaning to the identities. The results show that the modes of objectification/ subjectivation of tattooed in the magazine that is on the agenda are produced for several tecnology of the self and that them are crossed by official discourses and ratified by the discursive practices of biotechnologies directed to the body. This discoursivity, without repressive connotation, opens each more time space for pratices of freedom and self-goverment in processes of subjectivation of the tattooed at contemporanity. / Tendo como pressuposto que os sujeitos inseridos em uma sociedade de discursos cada vez mais efêmeros, submissos a liquidez da pós-modernidade, encontram na prática da tatuagem um lugar de retorno a si mesmo, o objetivo geral desta tese é analisar como o sujeito tatuado se constitui e é produzido na revista Inked no período de 2010 a 2012. Essa problemática se ancora nas seguintes questões: por que os sujeitos inseridos em uma sociedade de discursos que se dissolvem mais rápidos que o tempo que leva para moldá-los, marcam seus corpos tatuagens que o acompanharão por toda a vida? Será que, tais sujeitos, a todo momento, disciplinarizados, normativizados por mecanismos de controle social, conseguem se subjetivar pela prática da tatuagem? Para responder aos tais questionamentos, analisa-se um corpus composto por enunciados com materialidade sincrética (verbo-visual) em nove capas da Inked e em algumas seções da revista, articulando-os a outras materialidades que se inscrevem interdiscursivamente no interior do arquivo, a fim de discutir como são produzidos os jogos de verdade que, sutilmente, ensinam e propõem ao sujeito modos de se comportar. Metodologicamente, esta pesquisa caracteriza-se como documental e bibliográfica, de caráter descritivo e interpretativo. Subsidiam-se as análises no referencial teórico da Análise do Discurso, em especial, naquele apoiado no estudo arquegenealógico foucaultiano em torno da constituição do sujeito, afetados pelas relações de saber-poder. Além disso, pauta-se nas contribuições dos campos da Semiologia Histórica, com Jean-Jacques Courtine, assim como nas do campo da Sociologia, sobretudo com as ideias de Zygmunt Bauman e, ainda, recorre-se ao campo dos Estudos Culturais para discutir a questão da identidade numa perspectiva sócio-cultural e discursiva e a prática da tatuagem na mídia. Esta atuando como instituição que fixa, mantém e ressignifica identidades. Os resultados evidenciam que os modos de objetivação /subjetivação do tatuado na revista em pauta são produzidos por várias tecnologias do eu, atravessados por discursos oficiais e ratificadas pelas práticas discursivas de biotecnologias direcionadas ao corpo. Esta discursividade, sem conotação repressora, abre, cada vez mais, espaço para práticas de liberdade e governo de si em processos de subjetivação do tatuado na contemporaneidade.

Elemento milenar, a tatuagem renasce entranhada na lógica do consumo e da exibição, arrastada por um apelo subjetivante frente ao enfraquecimento dos discursos totalizantes. Fenômeno presente em todas as camadas sociais e com ampla inserção em qualquer grupo etário, a tatuagem tem sua motivação comumente relacionada ao prazer estético, à beleza corporal e ao interesse por arte, e tende a ser vivida como um fim em si mesma. Estas referências, entretanto, são insuficientes para explicar a experiência da tatuagem enquanto surgimento de uma essência verdadeira, capaz de dizer mais do sujeito do que ele mesmo ousaria revelar, bem como os enigmáticos pesadelos, as tentativas de apagamento e o caráter compulsivo que envolve a prática. Nosso foco, portanto, foi desdobrar os discursos em dados capazes de refletir a dinâmica e as funções inconscientes da tatuagem e do corpo na dinâmica psíquica. Entrevistamos jovens adultos que tivessem no mínimo três tatuagens. Cada entrevista semidirigida foi reconstruída buscando-se o núcleo conflitivo, configurado em torno da perda do objeto ou de sua presença excessivamente excitante. Partimos de um amplo levantamento bibliográfico sobre o tema, realizamos um aprofundamento do conceito de identificação na obra de Freud e comentadores e selecionamos três casos para a análise. Os casos abordam a função da tatuagem e o conceito de identificação através de exemplos de luto patológico, da prevalência do Unheimliche na identificação histérica e do papel do superego nas identificações edípicas. Sob a perspectiva conceitual adotada a identificação a dinâmica do aparato destacou a importância do objeto na estruturação psíquica e as consequências avassaladoras de sua ausência ou perda. Por fim, dentro de suas especificidades, cada caso revelou a potência da pulsão de morte nas experiências de desobjetalização e o recurso recorrente ao corpo e às marcas corporais como tentativa de subjetivação e inscrição social e psíquica. A conclusão indica que o corpo tem sido convocado como importante instrumento de laço social e peça fundamental na estruturação psíquica individual. Quanto à identificação, destacamos seu papel preponderante na articulação dos polos eu-outro, enquanto preside a fluida localização do objeto no psiquismo e responde pela infiltração do superego na dinâmica egoica / Millennial element, tattooing is reborn embedded in the logic of consumption and exhibition, dragged by a subjective appeal in face of the weakening of totalizing manifestations. Phenomenon present in every social stratus and with wide insertion in any age group, tattooing has its motivation commonly related to aesthetic pleasure, body beauty and interest for art, and tends to be enjoyed as an end in itself. However, these references are not enough to explain the experience of tattooing as the advent of real essence, capable of saying more about an individual than what he himself would dare reveal, as well as the enigmatic nightmares, extinguishing attempts and compulsive character that its practice involves. Therefore, our focus was to breakup manifestations into data capable of reflecting body and tattooing unconscious functions and dynamics in the psychic dynamics. We interviewed young adults who at least had three tattoos. Each semi-directed interview was reconstructed seeking the conflictive core, configured around the loss of the object or its excessively exciting presence. We started from a large bibliographic survey on the subject, we dug deep into the concept of identification in Freud\'s and his reviewers\' works and chose three cases for analysis. The cases\' approach the tattooing function and identification concept through examples of pathological grief, predominant presence of Unheimliche in hysteric identification and the superego role in Oedipus identifications. Under the conceptual perspective adopted identification the array\'s dynamics highlighted the object\'s importance in psychic structuring and the overwhelming consequences of its absence or loss. Finally, within its specificities, each case revealed the death instinct urge in de-objectivization experience and the recurring resourcing to the body and body marks as an attempt of subjective and social and psychic inscription. The conclusion shows that the body has been called upon as an important social tie instrument and fundamental part in individual psychic structuring. Regarding identification, we point out its significant role in articulating the I/another poles, while it presides the fluid localization of the object in psyche and answer for the superego\'s infiltration in egoic dynamics