Tattoos all over

My mother didn't approve of pierced ears, but I have mine pierced. I dislike tattoos but one of my daughters has some and they are neither discrete nor easily hidden. I'm not a fan of nose piercings but my other daughter has one and wears a teeny tiny diamond, she also has several ear piercings. My niece has a couple of tatts and a nose piercing.
I'm rather amused at the way these things are being linked to social class in such a snobby way. I'm a working class gal married into the upper middle class and would like to assure people if you went to the right school, mix in the right circles and are confident of your place in the world, anything (and I do mean, anything, goes, so stop worrying about something being "common" you'll be judged on the things you can't change! Me? They spot I'm working class with a couple of quick questions and tbh I couldn't care less, just do what makes you happy and if that means covering yourself in tats or having every bit of your body pierced, so what?

I thought ear-piercing was for "older girls" until my teenage DD suffered a major setback in life and I treated her to ears pierced. It helped. She suffered a later setback at the age of 30 and a year later, as she recovered, she had a Phoenix tattooed on the side of her waist. It looks lovely.

Last year we went on a World Cruise and made friends with a single woman, in her early sixties, who was very artistic. She was covered in tattoos and all were tasteful and stunning - she looked (and was) fantastic.

Not for me, but each to their own.

The all over tattoos aren't my thing but, if you could hear the stories behind the tattoos, you might look at them differently. I always just hope people won't end up regretting such extensive tattooing.

I have one small, discreet tattoo, for the loss of a child. People are always surprised I have one.

Look out MissInterpreted- I'm judging you!

Too late, lol...

My GD was turned down as a flight attendant on a major airline because she has visible tattoos. Good for young people to be aware of consequences..fair or not.

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My GD was turned down as a flight attendant on a major airline because she has visible tattoos. Good for young people to be aware of consequences..fair or not.

A friend’s daughter works for Emirates airline and their staff are not allowed to work if they have a visible blemish on their face, let alone a tattoo.

If people have tattoos which they want to cover up temporarily, there is waterproof camouflage cream, I’m told.

It doesn't seem employers are put off by people with tattoos, which is great but I'm always surprised to see them on people in authority such as teachers, the police or doctors and nurses. They always look cheap in my opinion so I know I have am unconscious bias that these people aren't as professional. I've never seen a politician with one.

I'm not a particular fan of tattoos in general, but appreciate the art form and the meaning behind some of them. One of my three adult children has some.

I work with quite a few young people, in a non-public facing job. Several of them have extensive tattoos, and I am always interested to see their new art and the reason for them getting it.

Saying that, however, I do think we judge people on their appearances; it is part of the human experience. When people choose to get tattoos on face and neck and hands we can't help but judge then as either very artistic, or a bit scary depending on the nature of the tattoo.

It may well be be a basic ‘safety’ thing passed through many generations to judge people by appearances. Are they going to attack or are they friendly? Can you trust them or will they do you harm? Most animal species have this and we are ,after all, an animal species. You do sometimes get a sense that someone is dangerous and untrustworthy and maybe this is a form of self preservation ?

This is the tatt on my forearm. I get lots of compliments.

My youngest daughter has a few meaningful tattoos including an epilepsy alert on her wrist, her partner has many random ones and now my GD has some. I don’t like them my GD actually loves to have them on show 🙄 she has now had one on her hand that could only be covered with a glove silly girl. I do love her but not her tats.

LaCrepescule

This is the tatt on my forearm. I get lots of compliments.

That's very delicate.
Surely that can't offend anyone.

I'm not a tattoo fan and refuse to have any but I don't object to others having them.

I've been employed and self-employed and while I'm happy to employ those with visible tatties I make the exception of face ones. I've turned down job applicants when they've come in for an interview with ''facies''.

Also I've turned down anyone with their face covered in piercings and those giant disks in their ear piercing ... or just giant holes!

I once had to work with a woman who had both of her eyelids pierced .... I couldn't get near her!

Ooh nooo!
That sounds awful.
I'm all for free expression, but...

I wouldn't call it discrimination to dislike tattoos; they provoke a physical reaction in me. literally making my flesh crawl. As they are self-inflicted, unlike disfigurement, I feel no need to to overcome my reaction.

I always describe tattoos as graffiti on a work of art.

Buttonjugs

I always describe tattoos as graffiti on a work of art.

Not everyone sees their body as a work of art though - I certainly don't!

LaCrepescule

This is the tatt on my forearm. I get lots of compliments.

From a distance that looks like the scar on my inner arm from harvesting for a skin graft.

I wouldn't particularly call it discrimination, but who decides which tatts are acceptable and which aren't?
How big is too big, and is one to commemorate a loved one more acceptable than one that says "I love cats"...

Is a religious one acceptable, if someone's faith means a lot to them, and is paganism OK to put into ink and display just as much as a cucifix?

I don't like them either; but I don't like looking in my mirror anymore either.

More importantly having a tattoo done is introducing permanent toxins to your skin. Your liver has to attempt to detox from this. It's quite astonishing that so many vegans and gardeners who are trying to advertise leading a healthy life are literally covered in ink. Do people not understand they are damaging their skin?