When Tattoos Age

[~me~]

That's one of the reasons I don't have one. I like the idea of them, then I remember that lady on the Circulon saucepan add and think...mmmm perhaps not

[Lisa]

I got my first tattoo 16 years ago and it still looks great. I have others that are younger and done by a different tattooist that look a little worse for wear though

[Traveller]

my first one was almost 12 years ago, and it is starting to blur a little but it's a simple design so I think it will be fine for a while yet. I'll probably get it extended at some point and get it touched up then, but thanks for the warning re fine detail as I will probably steer clear of anything too intricate.

[Mum2Romone]

I recently had my 3 butterflies retouched.... It hurt worse the 2nd time

They were only 5 years old too

But i guess the sun faded them

[Roryrory]

LOL one of the big reasons I won't get a tat is because I don't want to be an old lady in a home with a faded celtic swirl on my lower back - I just have an image of the 20-something orderly cringing as he wipes my butt LOL!

Also, those celtic armbands that guys get - can you imagine how naff their gonna look when their arms get all saggy and baggy?

[Bathsheba]

But I reckon it (tattoos) will end up defining our generation as we get older Rory LOL Just like Lavender and lace (for women) and cardigans and suspenders (for men) define the current senior generation. Tattoos will, i suspect, eventually lose their mystique. The next generations will want to define themselves differently and probably shun tats and piercings in favour of, possibly, something quite conservative by todays standards. It's going to be so strange seeing all my peers walking around in jeans and doc martens when i'm a pensioner! or maybe not!

I didn't get my tattoo for public viewing but to replace wearing a crucifix pendant (can't stand things around my neck) so maybe, I hope, it's kind of different.... but you're right, some nursing home orderly will probably role his eyes and mutter "oh these old girls and their tattoos..." LOL in a similar manner as we do with old ladies today and their blue hair rinses!

[Traveller]

My mum was commenting about my most recent tattoo and how I would have to hide it in my 70's, I made the point Bathsheba did above. I will be 70 with a bunch of people who are currently 30, and none of them are likely to be phased by my tattoos. In fact most of them will have one, or have a close friend who does. Besides, I can't live my life worrying what my 70 year old self will think, I might not even make it that far.

[~me~]

But I reckon it (tattoos) will end up defining our generation as we get older Rory LOL

You will all be the cool grandma's with tatts and blue rinses or whatever color rinses they will be when we get there