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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

How Not To Choose A Tattoo - Regretful Bad Tattoo Choices That You Do Not Want To Make

There are plenty of regretful ink choices out there. You look at some of these tattoos and wonder "what were they thinking". But then you may find yourself in a situation where you are about to make a horribly regrettable tattoo choice.

Here's how to avoid these bad decisions and how NOT to choose a tattoo:

1. DRUNK INK. Don't do it drunk. No matter what your friends try talking you into or how "cool" it may seem to get loaded and get some ink, the consequences will be horrendous. Even if you already have your tattoo choice picked out, if you go in there loaded your design may change in bad ways you didn't expect. The design could suddenly seem "too small" and you get talked into (or talk yourself into) going larger. Now you have a huge out of place tattoo on you. But most drunk ink results in stupid tattoo design choices. The number of guys and girls walking around with regretful cartoon characters splattered on their arms and legs are a prime example of how drunk ink doesn't pay off.

2. THE NECK AND ABOVE. Serious, and I mean serious consideration, should be made before getting a neck tattoo. These have huge regrets. I've noticed in some parts of the country neck ink at one point seemed to be the "popular tattoo spot" to get inked on. Everyone was getting neck tats because it was "in". I've gone back to these same places and now notice a bunch of people with band aids on their necks. Unbelievable. They are now covering up their neck ink because it's no longer "in fashion" or they now feel ashamed of it. And all I will say about face tattoos is that the suicide rate is much higher with those who choose to get inked on the face. Enough said.

3. TRENDY INK. We touched on this with the neck tat. But trendy ink also refers to the particular design that people regretfully get. Some guys and girls just get tattooed because it is a trendy thing to do and there is a trendy ink design going around that everyone else has so they end up getting it too. In the 90's it was the "chain link around the bicep" which every guy and their brother was getting. These same guys no longer wear the tank tops and cut off tee's to show off their one time dangerous looking "chain link around the bicep tat" because the trend is over and now it's more laughed at than anything (and even the guys themselves good heartedly joke that, yes, they jumped on the bandwagon and should have probably thought twice before going with the trend of the times!). So whichever tattoo is trendy at the moment, run in the complete opposite direction and search for something totally different!

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