Do you have a tattoo? If so, what is it, and when did you get it? Do you still love it, or do you regret it?
Can we see pictures?

Maybe you're looking to get a new tattoo. Let's hear about it! Or let's see a photo of it!

What would you tell your children if they said they wanted tattoos?

Do you think that tattoos are just a fad that will pass?


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I have one tattoo, on my foot. It's of a intricately designed (by myself) dragonfly. I don't remember when I got it. I think I was 20. It has my husband's initials in the wings, but you can't tell unless I point them out. (I do plan to be with him forever, but I also know that things don't always work out that way, lol.)

I definitely didn't want to pick something off of a wall, which was why I designed it myself. I'm really into art. The dragonfly represents my mom, my own spirit, and of course, my husband (with his initials). I think I got it mostly just because I wanted a tattoo; all my friends had one.

I do still like it, though it needs a little touching up now. After I had my daughter I wanted to get her newborn handprint tattooed somewhere, perhaps on my inner wrist. But I never did, and wasn't sure I wanted something I couldn't cover.

My husband got tattoos when he was 18, and regrets them greatly at his age of 25.

I don't know if I'll ever get another. I do laugh sometimes thinking back on how badly I wanted TONS of tattoos for this and that and that looked awesome, and now I think, well, I'm kind of glad I never did that.

I feel like getting tattoos is just fine. But now that I have a daughter of my own, I think I'd tell her to wait a year. And if she still wants what it was she liked, then she should get it done in henna, and then make a decision. I'd just give her the facts and give her examples of times she really loved something, and how she grew out of it, and remind her that they're permanent, so if she grows out of it, she's kind of out of luck, lol. I'll let her know that there are other ways to express herself, and still preserve her beautiful skin. But I'll always love her and stand behind whatever decisions she makes.

I've been thinking lately of getting a tattoo someday. I'd like it to be fairly small, down the side of my upper thigh, that says "I will survive." It speaks to a lot of issues I've had throughout my life with fear, anxiety, and, ultimately, strength. I've survived everything, and I'm going to continue to. No matter how stressful things may get, how afraid I may be of failure, how scary a decision is... I'm going to survive.

BUT, in a bit of irony, I'm totally afraid of the pain and the permanence. I tend to change everything about my style and likes every few years, so I don't really think it's the best idea for me right now.

I don't have any, although i've always wanted one. I would like a little firefly somewhere, which has symbolic meaning to me which i don't believe will ever change. That said though, i don't really like the idea of not being able to just pull them off when i want to see what my skin looks like in that particular place!

I have two small ones. A little bit stylized ≠ sign on my upper back/lower neck area and 砂糖(sugar) on my right ribcage.

These were both taken after I got the second one.



They both have some flaws, but as they're usually covered and I can't see them unless I look for them, I'm not too bothered by it.

I want to add more to both. For ≠ I want to get ∴ and ∞ in a line below one another. Like so~
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There's more Japanese I want to add to 砂糖, but on my back so it makes a complete sentence. I'm still toying around with the sentence though. Ultimately I probably won't get that until I become more confident in my Japanese.

I like the look of tattoos on the inner thighs, but I don't know what I would get there so I'm unsure about that. I do want a tattoo on my wrist/lower arm, one with color instead of the plain black ones I have now, but I'm also unsure of what. Though, I'm thinking something more of like a style instead of writing or a picture. -shrug-

I wanted a tattoo since I was 18, but held off until I was 40 and a bit more comfortable in my skin. My first was a dragon tattoo on my upper left arm and I eventually added more to it so it's almost a 1/2 sleeve in length. A tigerlily on my chest next to my heart for my daughter named Lily. Right arm has an owl above a blue and pink abstract-styled rose. The owl is for my son who never seemed to sleep when he was a baby and the rose represents both of my kids. The other side of my right arm has an open lotus with an "om" symbol representing an aspect of my spiritual journey. Upper back has a tiki head to memorialize a friend who died from cystic fibrosis. A skullerfly on the back of my left calf to commemorate/memorialize the death of my first husband. Right ankle has a pair of cherries with the stems crossed.

Most of them are covered at all times. I'll have to dig up some of the pics later - not sure if I still have them on a computer. I'd like to add a few more at some point and finish the half-sleeve on my right arm, add a few things to my legs. I have ideas, but the funds and burning desire for more just aren't there right now.

I don't believe they're a passing fad. I have two and plan on getting more. The way I see it with children is if they can pay for it themselves and are of age to get whatever tattoo they want, then go for it. Though I would stress the importance of thinking it through first since it's pretty much permanent.

I have a small red heart (that most people think is a mole from across the room) and a dove/rose for my mom. I haven't gotten anything for my dad yet but I want to, even though he was strictly against tattoos.

Do I regret them? No. Do I want more? Yes. I have plans on getting a set, two thigh tattoos. One being a deer (antlers covered in flowers) and the other being either a fox or an owl with the moon and sun behind it.

I don't have recent photos but have some old ones.

I've wanted a tattoo for quite some time, though I never did manage to settle on a design. I'd often find a design or concept that I liked, only to lose interest or like in it after a few months/years. So in the end I never did get one so far, because I keep thinking that if I lose interest in it, I'll be stuck with it. (and there's the complete and utter objections from both my parents since I live in a place where tattoos are still generally regarded to be gangster/lowlife symbols, where people get fired from work because of a simple tattoo that's not even in an obvious place)

I have a few designs in my head that I so far haven't lost interest in yet that's been around for at least five years, so maybe in another five years if I still like it I'll eventually draw it out and have it done somewhere. I'm thinking on the back of my neck, where it's not too obvious since I like wearing collared shirts and stuff.

I wanted a fleur de lys when I was 16, then after a few years saw that so many people have one, I decided it wasn't unique anymore and nobody would care about its significance to me.

Last year I thought up of an original pin-up girl design and I've still been mulling over it and I'm still liking it.
I want it to be very realistic-looking, a red-haired girl sitting all cute on an upside-down apple basket with an apple in her hand, having taken a bite, and her cheeks are all puffy and full and her lips are in a pucker and she's winking.

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I have one tattoo thus far and it's fairly large. It's of a peacock with a tribal design on it and it's in color. I went through 4 sittings for it and each one was at least an hour long. I don't like pain but had convinced myself it wouldn't be that bad from what I had been told. Sadly, I wasn't told as to how painful a tattoo on the lower back was... It's at least 4 inches tall (going from memory at the moment) and spans from side to side. It hurt around the tailbone, my spine (duh) and on my sides, though the sides hurt more than the spine did half the time.

I love the tattoo, though I know it's not as perfect as it could be with me not being able to hold still at some points >.>

I would LOVE to get another tattoo. I've thought about getting the symbol for my zodiac on my wrist but with working in a Professional environment and my boyfriend saying that it looks lik ovaries (I'm Aries) I've been holding off. Granted, work is holding me back more than my boyfriend's words because it's still my zodiac dang it!

I got both my tattoos when I was 18, I'm nearly 23 now and definitely don't regret either.
I wish I could get more, there are definitely more that I want. But I have to be responsible and pay my mortgage and bills before I get more tattoos ehehe.

I don't think they are a fad at all. I mean, if they were it would currently be one of the longest fads... ever? Putting art on your body is always going to be something that people will enjoy doing, in my opinion. Of course it's not for everybody, and I never think it will be. ;3

Anyway, I have my zodiac symbol behind my ear:

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and a unicursal hexagram on my ribcage:

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The hexagram needs some tiny touch ups, but that's just because I'm nit-picky. xP

This is my current tattoo:

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It was also my first tattoo and is on my lower back. That one definitely hurt. I went through 4 sittings for it, each one ranging from 30 minutes up to over an hour.

I was thinking of getting a couple more, one being the stained glass rose from Beauty and the Beast, the other being the Fairy Tail logo/tattoo, whatever you want to call it.

I Don't really want a tattoo, but I like how they look, they're so cool
But tattoos are looked down by people of our town. And I don't like to go through pain. I'd much rather apply black/red henna and be done with it
But if there was a way of getting tattoos without any pain, then I so badly want one on my collarbone, wrist and arms.