Lip Tattoos

Tattoos have become a fashion statement with tattoo aficionados leaving no place untouched with this body art. There are people, who have almost every part of their body covered with tattoos. If all the body parts are covered with a tattoo, how can someone leave the lips alone? Lip tattoos have become a big hit with hard-core tattoo lovers. These tattoos like I have previously mentioned are made on the lower lips, but can also be made on the upper lips. Tattoos on or inside lips make a very personal statement and it's a matter of pride for tattoo aficionados. We will read a little about the history of such tattoos before getting into designs and ideas.

History of Lip Tattoos

Are you curious about the origin of getting tattoos on the lips? Well it was from branding of the horses. Horses were, and still are, branded on the lower as well as upper lips to keep them safe from predators. The use of these tattoos started after women wanted to camouflage the problematic area of their lips. The problems can vary, for example some women used to tattoo their lips to make them appear thicker while others used it to make their broad lips appear narrow. This was done by using dark red or brown pigments.

Lip Tattoo Ideas

The total area which can be used to make tattoos on is very small in case of the lips. Hence, it is difficult to experiment with the tattoo designs, although you can experiment a little with the colors used to make these tattoos. The designs which are used for making tattoos on lips are small and the designs used are also simple. Lucky numbers can be used to make tattoo designs on lips. Names of loved ones are very commonly used to make lip tattoo designs. However, there are other word designs which are also used to make these tattoos.

The most common designs used for making a tattoo on the inner lip are word tattoos. Some of the most commonly used words include Cool, Peace, Lovely, Pain, Ouch, Heaven, Alone, Chaos, Carnivore, Thrash, Beer, etc. Along with the list of words just mentioned, offensive words can also be used to make such tattoos. If you and your partner want to get a tattoo made, you can opt for words like 'Forever & Ever'. Each partner gets one word tattooed on their lips. In case you're going in for tattoos on both the lips, you can choose something like 'No Warning', 'Danger Zone', etc. You will have to ink the first word on the upper lip and the other word on the lower lip. If you have a funny bone, you can also opt for funny lip tattoos as well. People, also use misspelled words to make it a little different from the regular tattoo designs. The most commonly misspelled words used are 'FUCT' or 'FCUK', etc. To make your tattoo design unique, you will have to be more creative.

If you're fond of designs more than words, there are options available as well. The most common among the design tattoos are heart and skull designs. However, you can be creative and get flower tattoos made in small sizes. There is a huge variety of floral designs, which you can choose from.

Tattoos on or inside lips fade very easily. If statistics are to believed more than 40% of such tattoos fade after a year. If you want to maintain your tattoo, you will have to get it redone over and over again. Taking care is vitally important when it comes to labial tattoos. However, just a word of caution - if you suffer from the oral herpes, then it is not recommended to get your lip tattooed.