Tattoos all over

Heavily tattooed hands and arms do look as if they are dirty and may not be appropriate in some retail jobs. I never think that a brightly patterned dress looks very good if it's clashing with tattoos on the arms and chest, but presumably the people wearing the dresses don't mind. I did once see a bald man who had an incredible tattoo of a scorpion that covered almost all his head. I stopped to compliment him because it was stunning. Because it was on top of his hair it didn't clash with his clothes any more than a head of hair would have done so you could just admire it as a piece of art.

There are quite a few people on FB moaning that they can’t get a job. They have full face tattoos, idiots, consequences

Their body their choice. I think some are beautiful and real works of art.

This has crossed my mind too. Also wondered if breast implants might be a barrier to the detection/treatment of breast cancer.

No doubt it will, as fashions do.

Nothing wrong with a discrete bow or butterfly but large tattoos specially on women are not for me, however they are now commonplace, I hope the fashion changes.

Hithere

Silverlady

Way to sexualize our gender, thank you very much!

Now I am going to vomit

Tattoos all over have roughly the same effect on me.

How judgemental

Silverlady333

I think a rose on a nubile body could look beautiful but more like a weed when the person is elderly!

Wrong, I have a tattoo on my lower back, I have had it a long time, no wrinkles and still looks lovely.
Not all older women are wrinkly.

I think I'd rather have a dotted line with "cut here" on my neck, than that spider!!

I think WORK OF ART is the key phrase
A well executed work of art can look fantastic. Unfortunately many seem to be created by very amateur xx. I hesitate to use the words tattoo artist

Now I consider this a work of art..

Silverlady

Way to sexualize our gender, thank you very much!

Now I am going to vomit

I think a rose on a nubile body could look beautiful but more like a weed when the person is elderly!

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These are beautiful, I think.

I'm 60 next year and never wanted a tattoo when I was younger I promised my mum ill never have one I kept that promise. Iwas born without them and shall die without them

Not for me but each to their own

I think what a lot of people fail to realise is that tattoos soon date just like clothes, shoes and haircuts!

Just yesterday I went to aqua aerobics and our instructor has one of those celtic bands tattooed around her upper arm. I would guess she is in her 50s. It must be about 25 years old and looked very dated.

I remember being on holiday abroad and loads of young Mums tattoos were very visible - their kids names at the base of their spine /top of backside.

I think I have met a few young ladies with that problem . One said her husband had 42 and had a bargain 3 for about £1000 for a few years - money they probably needed for their very young family .

I did toy with the idea of having my mastectomy scar tattooed. I even had a design in mind.
I didn’t think I’d be able to find a tattooist to trust, and I think most tattooists seem to just have a catolgue of designs to choose from. Mostly gothic designs, spiders webs, skulls and the like.
The only tattoo I’ve seen that I liked was a young woman who had a beautiful fern on her forearm. She said her daughter was called Fern.
I once saw a young woman who’d had half her face tattooed. It looked like it had been an act of self harm. Felt so sorry for her.

Although this is quite an interesting book
on Japanese Tattoos It’s worth a glance!

My favourite tattoo is:

“NO RAGRETS”

Hilarious!

They’re not for me either I’ve never seen one I thought attractive or good looking enough to think it should be there for life. And fry though I might I find o shy away from people covered in them because I cat fathom the thought process. Sadly for me one of my ds has a few on his arms and while I’d never say anything to him - his arms his life and all that I can’t help but feel a little ping of hurt whenever I see them. They’re just so ugly to me and he was always such a handsome young man.

I saw on youtube a young woman who allowed her 3x to tattoo her back.
He did a great big pile of poo (not literally!)!

I don't find tattoos offensive. Some are very badly done and others are works of art. However this advert put me off ever having one myself www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrFfkbkT4ig