Tattoos on older women

I can’t stand tattoos. I amazed at how the fashion has taken off. I also wonder what the body thinks of the foreign body named ink being pumped into the skin.

Bea65

On a medical note .. I had semi permanent eye brows @lashes 15yrs + and had t have upper chest x-ray .. within seconds f moving thru machine, my eyes started twitching …
Radiologist noticed and stopped scan ..
There were iron filaments in the dye used for eyebrows .. had never been cautioned before and neither had GP who ordered the MRI - this wax circa
2005
Last wk had pelvis MRI @ private hosp and was told my silver Tiffany band ok 😡 but machine made ring/finger vibrate for 20 mins 🙁
Was soo anxious but Team Lead sad 1 ring ok??? This is not ok to me ..

That’s interesting 🤔

I think it’s been a very interesting thread & enjoyed reading everyone’s posts. Some posters I’ve never heard of so that’s nice to see.

I posted as I was curious as to what older grans thought, would they be brave enough to get a tattoo, or totally against. Think half n half.

Three of my friends have them. Two are female teachers. One a female solicitor had hers done in the 90s DOB in block numbers across her foot.
We are bikers, funnily enough hardly any bike club members have tattoos.
Because of the cost of they would rather put the money into their bikes & equipment.

I say I am not keen, only for the fact that they are likely to be permanent, can look messy.

Would I rule out a tattoo for medical purposes like breast cancer, no probably wouldn’t.
Or eyebrows no, but now Bea had that problem with her MRI. Maybe not.
Back in the day I looked after an ex-sex worker, she had ‘mild & bitter’ tattoos on each breast, ‘pay on entry’ down below. I was young at the time, so didn’t exactly encourage me to rush out to get a tattoo 🤣
If I was in my twenties now would I have one, maybe. There is some fantastic niche tattoos out there.
Like I said each to their own.
To me this post is no different than asking what grans think about older grans, say in jeans. Only tattoos are a bit more permanent.
Thanks for the responses.

Yuck

Veda

I can’t stand tattoos. I amazed at how the fashion has taken off. I also wonder what the body thinks of the foreign body named ink being pumped into the skin.

Well, given that tattoos have been around for hundreds of years - if not more - the human race seems to have survived.

I think all tattoos look hideous on anyone, regardless of age or gender. Deliberate uglification (is that a word?) seems so utterly stupid. It upset me terribly that all my children, now in their 30s, started to get tattoos when they were 18 or so. DS has them on both arms and legs, and his back, he insists they are all meaningful but I detest them. As a teacher (overseas) he has to wear long sleeves and long trousers so at least they don’t impact his employment.

Both DDs got their first tattoos on holiday with friends, just as I’d especially advised against for fear of unsafe practices abroad. Theirs are more discreet than DS’s, on wrists and feet, and one has a butterfly tattoo on the small of her back, but just so very unattractive and silly. I did stress that getting them just because (at 18+) they had the autonomy to do so and it was to effectively stick two fingers up at me, was particularly stupid as it wasn’t me enduring the pain, nor was it me lumbered with ugly ink on my precious skin, nor me writhing in my old age that I hadn’t been such an idiot.

They all flirted briefly with cigarettes for much the same defiant reasons, but happily all got partners who don’t smoke and quickly gave up.

I know a single woman of nearly 50 who is very active on Facebook, and every time she gets her annual bonus she proudly displays yet another tattoo to add to the dozens she already has. Madness!

A couple of years ago a young girl couldn't find a job anywhere because her entire face was covered with tattoos. I thought she looked horrific. Sh e was in the local newspaper. I have no idea what happened.

I never come across these damming judgements IRL, this thread is a revelation. (Not in a good way)

keepcalmandcavachon

I never come across these damming judgements IRL, this thread is a revelation. (Not in a good way)

It is indeed. Thankfully most of the people I know in real life are nowhere near as judgemental.

Interesting topic, interesting read! I’ve been quite verbal on this thread, so will say no more!

ViceVersa

keepcalmandcavachon
I never come across these damming judgements IRL, this thread is a revelation. (Not in a good waygrin)
It is indeed. Thankfully most of the people I know in real life are nowhere near as judgemental.

🙂 🌻🥀💐

I would add that I had to have dots tattooed for radiotherapy following my mastectomy and chemotherapy, and I had an areola tattooed around my reconstructed nipple to match the healthy side. Not comparable to the artwork that is popular with post-mastectomy people (and I say people, not women, as a male cousin has had breast cancer too).

A lot will just say they look cool, but really a lot deep down don’t like really like them.
As so many people have them, young & old, are a huge fashion statement. People can have an opinion whether good or bad.
I was just interested to know.

keepcalmandcavachon

I never come across these damming judgements IRL, this thread is a revelation. (Not in a good way)

I don't think the opinions expressed on here can be classed as "damning judgements". They are people's opinions and as such they are allowed to be expressed. If you don't like or agree with them scroll on.

Both my sons have tattoos which I just dont like. I keep telling them , that their tattoos are going to look horrible when the grow old and their skin shrivels 😂

srn63

keepcalmandcavachon

I never come across these damming judgements IRL, this thread is a revelation. (Not in a good way)

I don't think the opinions expressed on here can be classed as "damning judgements". They are people's opinions and as such they are allowed to be expressed. If you don't like or agree with them scroll on.

Choosing to use words such as Ugly, Hideous and Stupid whilst knowing full well there will be many on here who have tattoos is pretty damming IMO.
To read such pronouncements from fellow GransNetters upon your taste,style or looks must be very upsetting & hurtful.
Especially as many on this forum have gone and are going through so much, as we all know.
Many of us on here do seem to be able to express an opinion without being rude.
Indeed, it is one of the pleasures of this forum to gain insight into other's points of view.

I don’t have a tattoo and never will . My DS and DD have tattoos but my Older DS doesn’t. I really don’t mind them .
An elderly patient many years ago had his ex-wife’s name on his Willy 😂😂😂

Ignoring all the arguments about the symbolic nature of tattoos and the mental health problems that drive the need for reinforced identity in the form of inked skin, I have no doubt that an enormous number of women will regret their decisions to have one or a hundred tattoos by the time they're old. We know that tattoos fade over the years and if an elderly woman has one that chances are she won't live to see it fading, so that seems to be OK but what happens when her skin loses its elasticity, and worse still if she goes on ozempic or the like and becomes a shadow of her former self? I've had both these problems brought into my therapy room and I seriously worry that those with full arm and leg tattoos now will look and feel ridiculous when their muscle and skin quality takes a dive later in life. Skeletal bodies simply render tattoos as grey splodges.

I don’t have a tattoo and probably won’t now. I’m not a fan although some of the artwork is stunning . And I never judge anyone by tattoos or piercings .
My AC both have had a tattoo recently, both are small and discreet .
I’m 67 and a few of my friends have also had small discreet tattoos . One has linked hearts on the inside of her wrist for her late husband and 2 daughters . Another has a forget me not flower on the inside of her arm for her late mother .

Mines a grey splodge, and I couldn't be labelled as skeletal by a long shot!
Its just that it was done many years ago.
I don't ever give it a thought, to be honest.

I don't like them and think they are a terrible waste of money. I certainly wouldn't have one myself, but I would never judge anyone simply because they had one. Having said that I would probably be wary of someone with one on their face.

I saw a young man today who was wearing shorts. One leg was completely covered in tattoos and the other had none. Frankly it looked very peculiar. Perhaps he is saving up to get the other one done!

I watched "Oh dear, they buggered up my tattoo" or something before, and the young woman wanted to cover a botched tattoo with an Amy Winehouse portrait.

The portrait itself was an absolute masterpiece, but it was huge!
Black and white, and took up the whole of the woman's leg.

There's none so queer as folk.

Thisismyname1953

I don’t have a tattoo and never will . My DS and DD have tattoos but my Older DS doesn’t. I really don’t mind them .
An elderly patient many years ago had his ex-wife’s name on his Willy 😂😂😂

Ouch!!