Tattoos?

[BikeWriter]

Inquiring minds want to know what you think!

[In_The_Wind]

1. Yes

[BikeWriter]

5. I'm one of the few bikers who've ridden for years, and...

yet I'm tattooless. I've never wanted the extra identifying marks for one thing. I'm neutral about tattoos on other men, but I don't like them on women. I feel the natural look of a woman is art, and should not be altered.

[In_The_Wind]

12. It is an individual decision.

I was 50 before I got my first. They are all easily covered by normal clothing if I don't want them to show.

My tats are in locations for me to view and enjoy, not to please others.

[BikeWriter]

13. Two of my exes have had them, and they liked them.

As you say it's a personal thing. I do feel no one should get one unless they're an adult. An artist put one on my exe's Niece when she was 15. I made sure he regretted it.

[Ron Green]

2. Sometimes as we grow older, it is seen to have been

an unfortunate decision.

[BikeWriter]

6. Yep, I do know a number of people who regret them.

[MissMillie]

3. People should adorn their bodies they way they want to

I'm okay w/ tattoos, in fact, I have one. It's not likely that very many people will ever see it.

I'm not saying I like all tattoos. I have seen some that I find down-right distasteful, but when push comes to shove, it's all about feeling good about yourself.

[cassandra uprising]

4. All of the above

I have a huge "trashy" one on my back and one simple one on my arm that I've dropped about grand on trying to remove. Adornment of the body has been around for ages. It's a funny thing about aesthetics. I say to each his or her own.

[Susang]

18. What's the trashy one?

I don't remember seeing any trashy tattoos! :o

[cassandra uprising]

21. An unfinished Phoenix

It starts at the hip, sprawls across the lower back and when finished will cover half my back. When I got into acting, I stopped working on it. Directors and costumer designers HATE tattoos especially on women. I'll get it finished one day, I'm not in any hurry.

:hi:

[Susang]

26. That's funny

And a coincidence to boot. With the two years Michael and I have endured, we've been researching designs for matching phoenix tattoos, mostly as a metaphor for our ability to rise from the ashes of pretty much any disaster that gets thrown at us.

Being a perfomer rather than an actor, I've chosen not to care what agents, casting directors, et al think about my body. ;-)

:hi: Right back atcha!

[cassandra uprising]

30. It's a beautiful metaphor, isn't it?

I got mine as a present to myself after I celebrated a year clean from being out of a very toxic relationship. It was the last time I was ever going to let somebody keep me down. It's a reminder that no matter what I pain I've gone through in my life I can always rise up out of it to reinvent. The only life you have is your own.

And with your set of pipes, you could slather yourself in poop and I bet you'd still get work.

Plus the whole babe factor you got going on I'm sure doesn't hurt either.:evilgrin:

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Depends on the art and the placement...

And even then, not everyone is going to agree what constitutes worthy art and good placement.

That said, I cannot wait to have the spare money to get some tattoos.

[DS1]

8. Originality is a good thing

lower back butterflies on women - hey guess what, it's been done

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Trendy tattoos = HAWT

</sarcasm>

[sendero]

47. Hehe..

... I have a couple of tattoos. I designed both of them, thought a long time before getting them, and will never understand how anyone could walk into a tattoo parlor and pick some stock art.

I especially don't understand anyone who would put a Warner Brothers cartoon character on their body permanently. But that's just me :)

[Crazy Dave]

9. I have 4

Two I want to keep and the others I'd like to get rid of.

[KitchenWitch]

10. I have eleven

[BikeWriter]

23. That's a lot of tattoos! I know one girl who is going for full coverage.

[KitchenWitch]

48. One of them is an actual art tattoo

the other ones are dots used to line up lead blocks for radiation treatments...but I do have eleven!

:rofl:

[BikeWriter]

52. Well, you may have a Lounge record then, Sweety!

[Ohio Joe]

14. Since I moved to Ohio

One of the strangest things I've noticed is the people here are absolutly obsessed with the OSU Buckeyes. I've also noticed a rather disturbing number of people with OSU tattoos. My current boss has one on her shoulder, and she did not even go there !!!

[BikeWriter]

17. LOL! That's what I call dedication... or perhaps obsession?

[Ariana Celeste]

15. I've got one..

I say to each their own. Getting what everyone else has is dumb, but if it actually has meaning, or you design it yourself, then awesome! I think tattoos are beautiful, many of them have interesting stories or can be a conversation starter.
I plan to get another one, to honor my brother, cousin, and dad- all deceased. After that, I don't know.

[Left Is Write]

16. I don't want one for myself.

I'm not especially concerned with what others choose for themselves.

I think my daughter's is too trendy, though.

[kick-ass-bob]

19. where is "meh"

I couldn't care less - unless they are from the neck to the toe - that seems a little much. :P

[MsUSA]

20. I have 4, first one was a shamrock, as I'm 100% Irish, my 2nd

one was a rose bracelet on my right wrist, 3rd a ring on my right pinkie finger, and 4th is my Packer "G". I love them all, and I HATE when people ask me "did they hurt??" I always say not if you really wanted them.

[kwassa]

22. There was an article in the Post by a doctor who removes him

He removes them by laser treatments, and had a great business. It takes a number of laser treatments to accomplish this.

The cost differential: It costs approximately 10 times the amount of money to remove them as it did to get the tattoo in the first place. This doctor has struck a goldmine, and knows it.

[Amaya]

24. i don't have any

but my bf has one and i think it looks very hot.

[Book Lover]

25. Other:

Mine is stunning! All others are open to debate ;-) Seriously, though, who cares?! The only thing I ever caution folks on when I get asked about the subject is that if you're going to get a lot of black-work done, think about the spread, fade and blend that will happen in a few (short) decades.

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. I'm gonna get one this summer

Been wanting it for a long time.

This:



(Not the black, just the light beam and the prism.)

[BikeWriter]

53. I'm not too sure how that will look on skin.

[Dukkha]

28. I have six

My favorite one is a tarantula drawing I did myself that rests over my left shoulder.

Most people don't put any thought into them and only get them because it "looks cool" on them. I particularly dislike a lot of lower back tattoos on girls and the tired tribal arm band on guys. I doubt I'll ever have the money and patience to get a full arm done. The only one that hurt a but was a big one across my vertebrae. I was sweating when that was getting done.

[astonamous]

29. I have two and didn't get my first one until I was 37 or 38.

I have always wanted one and when my husband got his first one, I got brave enough to actually go through with it.

Allergic to red ink though.

[petronius]

39. How do you find that out?

Do they test you with each color to see if you're allergic, or did you just realize it during the process?

[astonamous]

55. It was my first tattoo. A purple iris on my leg.

It healed, but very slowly and even now it will get a little raised and irritated, but it still looks good.

The second tattoo I got, is a bracelet on my wrist and nothing with any red in it. No problems with that one.

[LeftyMom]

31. Some are great, some look stupid

I think it's important to get one that's personally meaningful and not just something that looks cool.

[djeseru]

32. I've had mine for 12 years.

I've never regretted it and would like to have it touched up here soon. I was considering adding more to it as well.

I put quite a bit of thought into it beforehand and searched around different studios until I found one I was comfortable with.

[GOPisEvil]

40. Is it odd that I haven't seen it?

:o

:rofl:

[djeseru]

41. Nothing odd at all.

I don't think you've been looking in that direction since we've met. :D

[GOPisEvil]

42. Hmmm...well that has to change...

:D

[djeseru]

43. Do you know where it is even?

Just wondering...

:7

[GOPisEvil]

44. Not a clue, but I'll be looking a lot harder in the future.

;)

[catmandu57]

33. I always said I don't have any, but..

I've had one since I was three years old and had forgotten about it. My brother hit me in the head with a brick, when I ran screaming into the house, my Grandmother scooped up a handfull of soot from the wood stove slapped it on my head to stop the bleeding.
So, I've had a small blue line on the left side of my forehead for 45 years.

[laheina]

51. That is some old school medicine!

My father was partial to mud. ;)

[u4ic]

34. I think some of the artwork is incredible

I personally don't want one, however.

Dermatologists are going to be making a killing in the next decade.

[arwalden]

35. Tattoos, Piercings... It's All Good!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

36. Seven and two more planned...

The only one that will be truly large is the one I plan on getting in memory of my father on my back.

[twenty2strings]

37. I like the iron on kind...

Ow! Now that's a painful body changing moment.:woohoo:

[khashka]

38. I have a couple

A pentagram on the inside of my right thigh. I want to add to it. The words "All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals"
A small dragon beside my left nipple - my exwife did it and has a matching one.

If they are done well, I find them extremely sexy. And also sometimes very moving - a man I met who had his dead son's face inscribed on his back. It was incredible - he turned his body into a monument for the son he loved but lost.

Khash.

[Bzzzz]

45. I love my tats...

I'm a commercial loan officer and no one would ever know...they are placed where those who should see them...do.

[mokawanis]

46. I have a large one on my shoulder of

the head of a Grizzly. Really beautiful piece of art. Even people who say they don't care for tattoos like it. (or say they do anyway)

I have to admit I'm smug about it tho, because I don't care much for most of tha tattoos I see.

A friend also has one I really like - The Wobbly cat.

[tuvor]

49. I like my wife's.

Here it is, fresh from a couple hours under a needle.

[TheBaldyMan]

50. tats are for life

so be very careful and think it over before you get one, removal is as painful as getting one and much more expensive.

I've seen a few botched jobs over the years.

[SeattleGirl]

54. I want a tat!

Nothing big and flashy, and not where just anyone could see it. :evilgrin:

[Orangepeel]

56. For me? Never. For others? Whatever.

I wouldn't do it to myself. A permanent drawing on my body? Blech. But, people can do whatever they want with their ownselves. I don't care.