Tattoos and regrets

[amber-eyed-girl]

http://health.ninemsn.com.au/healthnews/382873/the-top-12-tattoos-people-most-regret.slideshow

Just saw this.

Does anyone have a tattoo they regret? And why?

[patchoo78]

From NSW Fair Trading

Body art tattooing businesses and tattooists who operate in NSW have to be licensed with NSW Fair Trading.

It is an offence to perform a body art tattooing procedure for a fee or reward or conduct a body art tattooing business without an appropriate licence and heavy penalties apply. 

However, transitional arrangements apply for operators and tattooists who lodged their licence applications with NSW Fair Trading prior to 1 October 2013, 

Individuals and businesses that only perform cosmetic tattooing procedures are exempt from the new licensing requirements.

[azureline**]

All businesses have to be licensed but that is just paperwork, I think. (and fees)

[lis351]

.... Problem is, there is no going back and getting it fixed.......

Of course there is. The right tattooist can do fantastic cover jobs. My Dad had 2 large ones covered over last year, I grew up looking at the tatts on his arms and I can barely see what used to be there, anyone looking at them for the first time wouldnt notice anything.

[amber-eyed-girl]

That is true, they can be turned into something else or lasered off (but that takes a while and is not cheap)

[twinkles**stars]

My girls had matching tattoos sisters but one daughters was not as good (said with a frown) as the other one. She had hers changed into something else.....the original is no where to be seen. Not happy about either but their choice.

[daydream**believer]

have you watched the show on tv thats is about fixing bad tattoos.

OMG some of those are shockers

[electric*mayhem*band]

Hideous things, for both men and women. Now this stupid craze of completely covering their arm/arms from wrist to shoulder with these weird and ghastly patterns, means they look as though they're wearing a crocheted sleeve. And if any female thinks to indulge in a tattoo however large or small looks sexy, trust me, it doesn't.

A programme I watched on TV recently showed a female who had this large tattoo across her chest. Four years later she regretted having it done as she said she had moved on with her life, and wasn't the same person now as she was then. She therefore underwent laser surgery at an enormous cost, to have it removed. The 'scarring' and skin discolouration this left her with, was as un-aesthetically pleasing as the original tattoo. A no win situation.

[azureline**]

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@electric*mayhem*band wrote:

Hideous things, for both men and women. Now this stupid craze of completely covering their arm/arms from wrist to shoulder with these weird and ghastly patterns, means they look as though they're wearing a crocheted sleeve. And if any female thinks to indulge in a tattoo however large or small looks sexy, trust me, it doesn't.

A programme I watched on TV recently showed a female who had this large tattoo across her chest. Four years later she regretted having it done as she said she had moved on with her life, and wasn't the same person now as she was then. She therefore underwent laser surgery at an enormous cost, to have it removed. The 'scarring' and skin discolouration this left her with, was as un-aesthetically pleasing as the original tattoo. A no win situation.

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You mean it doesn't look that way to you

It might to someone else. However, I don't believe many would do it for that reason.

[electric*mayhem*band]

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@azureline** wrote:

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You mean it doesn't look that way to you

It might to someone else. However, I don't believe many would do it for that reason.

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Believe me, it doesn't to a lot of blokes. I have yet to hear one say, "God, doesn't that tattoo look sexy", in fact I can't say on here exactly what they do say. Anyhow, if to look 'alluring' isn't the reason, I'm at a loss to know what is. Females getting tattoos is a fairly new phenomenon, so maybe the spreading of this craze is simply a case of 'sheep mentality'.

[bright.ton42]

I don't think women who get tattoos are sheep at all,  I think they know what they like and know their own mind.  Must say I like tatts and wish I was younger so I could get one or two.   For some reason I would like a spider on my shoulder.  Not to look sexy but just because I'd like to.  Just like I like to change my hairstyle every so often, or buy new clothing.  To please myself.