In Reply to: Tattoo Removers posted by Blackie on Sunday, 23. January 2011 at 11:42 Bali Time:
I think the people that post about others that want tattoos removed in later life because they are "saggy" or "baggy" are talking bollocks.
In my experience the younger ones may feel they made the wrong choice with the style of tattoo they chose but for older people like the ones that post here the tattoos they choose usually have some significance and are not so much randomly selected out of books.
I have a tattoo of a Gecko above my ankle it was done on a trip 4 years ago my sister drew the picture as we sat on the balcony outside our room at the Adhi Dharma cottages watching a couple of geckos on the wall.
My gecko tattoo is unique it has meaning and emotions tied to it I will never remove it.
I'm a beekeeper and my sis has drawn a picture for me to get tattooed bees working a flower it's fab I will never get it removed both of these are more than just pictures they mean something to me.
I have 2 other tattoos that I got when I was young luckily they are in a place that noone sees they have no meaning to me and I wouldn't care if they dissappeared tomorrow.
So for me the older you are when you get a tattoo the more likely you are to treasure it for the rest of your life.
And why is that most people that post negatively about older peoples saggy and baggy tattoos are most often refering to women?
older men have had saggy baggy tattoos for hundreds of years and it's never been an issue so whats up with that?
frazz