Tattoos on older women

If I can see them, I don't like tgem. Often wonder about how many with tatoos on visible areas would be happy to just accept scaring, marks through injury and not expect any attempt to be repaired on NHS.

I cannot see why would anyone want to be branded if of sound mine. I would never comment though, but they turn my stomach. Someone in my teens has been walking around with my name on both his hands, I never saw him again after he did it.

Is it just me or does anyone else find as they get older, they care far less about how people choose to to look & care far, far more about other's rudely expressed opinions?

Absolutely repulsiveon anyone any age. Most just trying to copy so called celebrities who hqve far too much money they dont know what else to spend it on.

Why, just why do people think they enhance their looks? They're dreadful blemishes Each to their own of course, but I'd rather not look like Popeye the sailorman

Some tattoos are works of art but I’d still prefer them hanging up on a wall instead if seeing them on anybody’s body

MissAdventure

Was it 'The Glums' when he had "I love Sue" tattoed on himself?
It was supposed to say 'I love suet pudding', but he couldn't stand the pain.

Oh that is funny

Was it 'The Glums' when he had "I love Sue" tattoed on himself?
It was supposed to say 'I love suet pudding', but he couldn't stand the pain.

homalie homily

Talking of David Beckham and sons who all seem to be addicted to adding to their tattoo collections. Incidentally I don't think in this day and age when every man and his dog have them, it marks anyone out as a free spirit or edgy, that ship sailed a long time ago when they became so ubiquitous. I've heard that for some getting more and more can be addictive, I do wonder whether D&V would feel differently if Harper, being only 15 now and therefore with skin still unsullied, were to cover herself with them to the extent her brothers have. Would the exposed arms in the silken slip like dresses beloved by mother and daughter and girlfriends in law, who don't appear to have any visible tattoos, look the same if the arms were covered in lots of illustrations or a homalie or two in some ancient script.

Dedications to a significant other who may not be the lifetime partner always reminds me of a Catherine Tate skit when she played the schoolgirl, Lauren I think her name was. Lauren had a tattoo of "Ryan" who she subsequently broke up with, later heard muttering to friends when lining up a prospective boyfriend "does anyone know a Ryan?"

mernice

Well I’m not a regular on here but from today’s discussion I don’t think I found my people. I have one small tattoo on the inside of my wrist. I do yoga and it’s a beautiful little ‘om’ symbol. It’s one of those discussions that can’t be a discussion you either like them or you don’t or just neutral about them?
Perhaps a read of the book ‘Let Them” would be a good discussion.

You sound like my kind of person! We don’t all judge people by their skin-art or any other appearances!

Imagine if I said cosmetic surgery is common and makes me 🤮🤮🤮🤮 Honestly folks, give your head a wobble and chill!

Well I’m not a regular on here but from today’s discussion I don’t think I found my people. I have one small tattoo on the inside of my wrist. I do yoga and it’s a beautiful little ‘om’ symbol. It’s one of those discussions that can’t be a discussion you either like them or you don’t or just neutral about them?
Perhaps a read of the book ‘Let Them” would be a good discussion.

Yes have them and regret having them done in my 20s & 30s 🙄

If I am lucky enough to live to a ripe old age, then I won't be giving a hoot about my wrinkly skin (untattooed as it is - for now!). Hopefully I won't turn into a judgemental old * either! While I don't have any tattoos, I'm pretty sure some on here would happily judge me for my choice of clothing or music - and probably dismiss both of those as common as well.

I’m 69, and am a painted lady, my first tattoo was when I reached 60. I’ve since had quite a few added, mostly memorials to my late husband, but my lower left leg is scenes from Avatar. My right leg will shortly be following suit with scenes from Avatar Way of the Water. I understand others not liking them but my tattoos are my choice and I don’t give a hoot as to who likes them and who doesn’t.

This subject has always been controversial with those who hate much more vitriolic than those who are either for tattoos or ambivalent towards them. My dad had an anchor on his arm done when he was in the army during the war which always fascinated me.

I had a lower back tattoo done when I was in my late 40's - my younger son's then girlfriend worked for a tattoo artist in London . He was/is a musician and back then already had several on his leg and back but surprisingly he came into the studio when I was there and was horrified to see his mother in there

Fast forward 25 years and I mostly forget I even have it but now most of my family have them. Said youngest son has some beautiful works of art on his back and arm - his older brother also has a huge back piece as well as some on his arms but as a business man in his mid 50's he was sensible enough to have them in areas he can cover for work. My adult granddaughters and their mum all have small discreet ones which mean something personal to them.

I don't have an issue with them but have always said be wary of your saggy skin as you age especially on your arms and am thankful I didn't go down that route - my arms now are horrid. I might as well have had wrinkles tattooed on them

I do remember seeing a woman in Cyprus with dreadful varicose veins . I thanked our lucky stars for the NHS which would have dealt with them. On looking closer I realised it was ivy tattooed all the way up. I’ve always had a problem that I read peoples T-shirts . Now I finding I’m reading tattooed. If the people who like them and flaunt them I think others who dislike them are entitled to say so . I have never had the money to waste.

I’m 70 and I’ve got one, it was my midlife crisis and I did it my way 🤷🏼‍♀️ it’s top of my thigh so seldom seen my anyone, because it’s usually undercover of clothes it really hasn’t faded much either, I don’t regret getting it but would probably get something more meaningful if I was having a done these days

i have never wanted a tattoo, i have a fear of needles so i never got my ears pierced either, i often wonder what some women will look like with the tattoos on there wrinkly necks or old legs when they are in there 80s or 90s, i know that not everyone will look wrinkly but in the area i stay in there is older people who are drinkers and have aged before there time.

I definitely don't like tatoos but, having said that, as I have a rare blood group, I thought I may just have my blood group tatooed on my wrist. That will solve any problem of looking for any notes made, and put in my purse etc, to alert medics.

I don’t like them and would never. ever have one. I have a friend who had her first one done when in her mid 60’s, but I didn’t comment as I wanted to keep my (negative!) opinion to myself! Her daughter is rather Boho and has several tats, so I think my friend was rather influenced by her daughter. I shall never succumb to one and I don’t need some ink work (which will eventually fade and sag) on me to remind me of something/someone. If someone wants a tattoo, that’s their business but I’m pleased to say that my daughter and son-in-law (in their 30’s) don’t have any. At least I don’t THINK they have. I’m glad they haven’t been won over by tattoo fashion. David Beckham looks like he needs a blooming good wash, as the tattoos come up his neck and onto his hands so when he’s wearing one of his beautifully tailored, expensive suits, the look is somewhat tarnished by what appears to be dirty skin, but is in fact copious amounts of permanent ink. He’s a good-looking man, so why is he spoiling his look? I’m trying not to be judgey - and I’ve never openly criticise anyone if they have them. They’re just - Not for me!

monami

and men, horrible disgusting things, they bang on about the enviroment and food yet quite happily stick ink in their bodies, tattoos on anyone make me physically sick

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boheminan

I had my four tattoos done in my 50's and 60's. They were all designed by myself and all mean a lot to me. They are not on display because I had certain areas on my body I'd decided I wanted them to be.

I am coming up to 80 and apparently must have saggy/wrinkly skin that will make the tattoos look ugly. My tattoos are as unwrinkled and bright as ever.

I am not dirty, I certainly am not common and I'm not a slut (as I was accused of being on a previous tattoo thread - was it the one before this? or the one before that? etc).

I also confess to have had two piercings done one in each ear, so really must be a dirty, common, harlot

Love it 😀

I've got some tattoos that I had done in the 80s. In those days if you had them especially as a woman you had them in places that could be covered up with short sleeves. That was usually for work reasons. There used to be signs up in the tattooists stating they wouldn't tattoo necks, faces, hands. Having a tattoo was still a bit shocking then. I can remember the beautiful Paula Yates having a large fish tattoo on her arm above her elbow. I think that's the only woman I can remember on TV having her tattoo on show. My skin is wrinkled and crepey now but my tattoos still look ok. I don't regret them but I can cover them if I want . Its acceptable now for face and neck tattoos and they're quite common so I don't think it will be an issue as the younger generations grow older. I must admit that I like some of the hand and finger tattoos that are popular now. Not the spider web type of things but the thin, delicate type. If I was young now I'd probably have them.

By the time anyone gets to the point of showing off their wrinkly bodies, a tattoo is usually the least of their worries.
Tattoo/no Tattoo, none look particularly wonderful, and it doesn't matter.